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Luminescence properties and dating of glacial to periglacial sediments from northern Switzerland
Daniela Mueller
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg,
79104 Freiburg, Germany
Frank Preusser
Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg,
79104 Freiburg, Germany
Marius W. Buechi
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Lukas Gegg
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Gaudenz Deplazes
Nationale Genossenschaft für die Lagerung radioaktiver
Abfälle (NAGRA), 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
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Short summary
Luminescence properties of samples from the Rinikerfeld, northern Switzerland, are assessed. Reader-specific low preheat temperatures are invesigated to ensure suitable measurement conditions. While quartz is found to be dominated by stable fast components, signal loss is observed for feldspar and polymineral. In general, the ages of the fading corrected feldspar and the fine-grained polymineral fractions are in agreement with coarse-grained quartz, and ages indicate sedimentation during MIS6.
Luminescence properties of samples from the Rinikerfeld, northern Switzerland, are assessed....
