期刊
RADIATION MEASUREMENTS
卷 47, 期 9, 页码 652-658出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.02.005
关键词
Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Pseudo single-grain; equivalent dose (D-e) distribution; Hotel California; Atapuerca
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion de Espana [CGL2010-16821]
- European Community [PIRG08-GA-2010-276810]
In this study we assess the signatures of multi-grain averaging effects for a series of sedimentary samples taken from the archaeological site of Hotel California, Atapuerca, Spain. We focus on the special case of equivalent dose (D-e) measurements made on single-grain discs that contain more than one quartz grain in each of the individual grain-hole positions with the aims of (i) providing insight into the nature and extent of averaging effects in very small multi-grain aliquots of sedimentary quartz, and (ii) assessing the suitability of 'pseudo' single-grain D-e measurements for this particular dating application. Pseudo single-grain OSL measurements made on standard discs loaded with 90-100 mu m grains (equivalent to similar to 30 grains per hole) yield significantly different D-e distribution characteristics and finite mixture model (FMM) burial dose estimates compared with single-grain OSL measurements. Grains with aberrant luminescence behaviours, which are routinely rejected during single-grain analysis, exert strong averaging effects on the pseudo single-grain and multi-grain aliquot D-e distributions. Grain-hole averaging effects arising from pseudo single-grain measurements also give rise to 'phantom' dose components and are apt to provide bias assessments of quartz signal characteristics and grain type classifications. Though this is a site-specific study, it serves as a cautionary note for interpretations of other pseudo single-grain OSL and D-e datasets - particularly those obtained from measurements of discs containing several tens of grains per hole and those derived from complex depositional environments. The use of custom single-grain discs drilled with smaller sized grain holes is recommended as a means of limiting grain-hole averaging effects when dealing with very fine (<180 mu m) sediments. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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