Infrared stimulated Luminescence dating

Many types of sediment do not contain quartz and for dating the light exposure to light of such sediments Infrared stimulated Luminescence (IRSL) is used.

Infrared stimulated Luminescence (IRSL) dating

  • Due to higher saturation doses the age range is larger than for OSL

  • Internal dose rates in K-feldspar reduce dependency on external dose rate and water content

  • Might suffer from an anomalous signal loss which leads to age underestimation

  • Post-Infrared Infrared luminescence (p-IRIR) allows the dating of Middle Pleistocene sediments

Preusser, F., Muru, M., and Rosentau, A. (2014). Comparing different post-IR IRSL approaches for the dating of Holocene coastal foredunes from Ruhnu Island, Estonia. Geochronometria 41, 342-351.

Zöller, L., Richter, D., Masuth, S., Wunner, L., Fischer, M., and Antl-Weiser, W. (2013). Luminescence chronology of the Grub-Kranawetberg site, Austria. Eiszeitalter & Gegenwart / Quaternary Science Journal 62, 127–135.