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Research article
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06 Jun 2023
Research article |
| 06 Jun 2023
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XLUM: an open data format for exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data
Sebastian Kreutzer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
Archéosciences Bordeaux, UMR 6034, CNRS – Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France
present address: Institute of Geography, Ruprecht-Karl University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Steve Grehl
HUK-Coburg, Coburg, Germany
Michael Höhne
Freiberg Instruments GmbH, Freiberg, Germany
Oliver Simmank
Freiberg Instruments GmbH, Freiberg, Germany
Kay Dornich
Freiberg Instruments GmbH, Freiberg, Germany
Grzegorz Adamiec
Institute of Physics, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Christoph Burow
piazza blu GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Helen M. Roberts
Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
Geoff A. T. Duller
Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
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Barbara Mauz, Loïc Martin, Michael Discher, Chantal Tribolo, Sebastian Kreutzer, Chiara Bahl, Andreas Lang, and Nobert Mercier
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Geochronology, 3, 299–319, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-299-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-3-299-2021, 2021
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Optically stimulated luminescence dates the last exposure of quartz and feldspar minerals to sunlight. We investigated its sub-methods (TT-OSL, VSL, and pIRIR) to date middle and early Pleistocene sediments. Inspection of natural signals of samples can reveal saturated samples that produce only minimum ages. Using these sub-methods, minimum ages of up to the early Pleistocene can be obtained for eastern Mediterranean aeolian sediments of Nilotic origin.
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Short summary
The concept of open data has become the modern science meme. Funding bodies and publishers support open data. However, the open data mandate frequently encounters technical obstacles, such as a lack of a suitable data format for data sharing and long-term data preservation. Such issues are often community-specific and demand community-tailored solutions. We propose a new human-readable data format for data exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data called XLUM.
The concept of open data has become the modern science meme. Funding bodies and publishers...
