Abstract
A new single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol for measuring the equivalent dose using the thermally-transferred OSL (TT-OSL) signal is proposed. Characterisation of the Basic Transferred OSL (BT-OSL) signal measured using a previous protocol showed that it was unnecessary to measure the BT-OSL thus allowing simplification of the SAR protocol for TT-OSL. To remove the BT-OSL, holding the aliquot for 100 s at 300 °C without optical stimulation at the end of each SAR cycle gave the most reproducible results. A simplified protocol incorporating this heat treatment was tested by recovering doses up to 700 Gy which had been given to a modern sand sample with an equivalent dose of less than 5 Gy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 538-542 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Radiation Measurements |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Dating
- Quartz
- SAR
- Thermally-transferred OSL