@misc{zhang2023,
title = {Isothermal thermoluminescence (ITL) dating of a speleothem from Bleßberg Cave},
author = {J. Zhang and J. Klose and M. Sierralta and S. Tsukamoto and D. Scholz and N. Marwan and S. Breitenbach},
editor = {17th International Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating conference (LED2023), Copenhagen (Denmark)},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-29},
urldate = {2023-06-29},
abstract = {The calcite thermoluminescence (TL) signal (280 °C peak) saturates at much higher doses (saturation dose up to 5000 Gy) compared to quartz and feldspar, which shows great potential to extend the dating limit. However, spurious TL signal occurred at the high temperature range hindered its application. The conventional multiple-aliquot additive-dose (MAAD) protocol used for TL dating applies extrapolation for equivalent dose (De) estimation, which also has large error. Isothermal TL (ITL) dating with the single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol might be a promising way as it reduces the influence of the spurious TL signal, and it applies interpolation to obtain the De. However, this protocol has not been tested on samples with independent age control.
This study tests the ITL SAR dating protocol on a speleothem sample from Bleßberg cave, which has been accurately dated with 230Th/U (ca. 320–425 ka). ITL measurement at 235 °C for 200 °C can remove the 280 °C TL peak completely without TL contribution from higher temperature range. ITL De shows a plateau when the ITL temperature varies between 230 °C and 240 °C. Peak shifting and isothermal annealing tests indicate the 280 °C TL peak has a lifetime of tens of millions years at 10 °C, which is stable enough for the age range of this speleothem sample. The accurate alpha efficiency (α-value) and the U, Th distribution within the sample are measured to estimate the dose rate. The dose rate variation with time due to U-series disequilibrium is corrected for. The ITL ages are compared with the 230Th/U ages to evaluate the performance of the ITL dating protocol.},
note = {17th International Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating conference (LED2023), Copenhagen (Denmark)},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {presentation}
}