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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-77-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-77-2024
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Short communication/technical note
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05 Mar 2024
Short communication/technical note |  | 05 Mar 2024

Short communication: Synchrotron-based elemental mapping of single grains to investigate variable infrared-radiofluorescence emissions for luminescence dating

Mariana Sontag-González, Raju Kumar, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Juergen Thieme, Sebastian Kreutzer, and Marine Frouin

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This is a preliminary study using a synchrotron light source to generate elemental maps, incorporating oxidation states, with a spatial resolution of <1 µm for individual grains within the K-feldspar density fraction. The elemental fingerprint characterizing grains with a signal suitable for infrared radiofluorescence dating reveals high levels of K, Pb, and Ba coupled with low levels of Fe and Ca. In contrast, grains exhibiting higher proportions of Fe and Ca produce an odd signal shape.
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