Reducing empiricism in luminescence geochronology: Understanding the origins of luminescence from individual sand grains

Project Information

RELOS

Grant agreement ID: 639904

DOI 10.3030/639904

Project closed

EC signature date 28 March 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 31 December 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 314 963,00

EU contribution € 1 314 963,00

Coordinated by

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
Denmark

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Comparing the accuracy and precision of luminescence ages for partially-bleached sediments using single grains of K-feldspar and quartz

Author(s): R.K. Smedley, J.-P. Buylaert, G. Újvári
Published in: Quaternary Geochronology, Issue 53, 2019, Page(s) 101007, ISSN 1871-1014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2019.101007

Towards an improvement of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age uncertainties: modelling OSL ages with systematic errors, stratigraphic constraints and radiocarbon ages using the R package BayLum

Author(s): Guillaume Guérin, Christelle Lahaye, Maryam Heydari, Martin Autzen, Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Pierre Guibert, Mayank Jain, Sebastian Kreutzer, Brice Lebrun, Andrew S. Murray, Kristina J. Thomsen, Petra Urbanova, Anne Philippe
Published in: Geochronology, Issue 3/1, 2021, Page(s) 229-245, ISSN 2628-3719
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
DOI: 10.5194/gchron-3-229-2021

Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

Author(s): Andrew Murray; Lee J. Arnold; Jan-Pieter Buylaert; Guillaume Guérin; Jintang Qin; Ashok K. Singhvi; Rachel Smedley; Kristina J. Thomsen
Published in: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03418831, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2662-8449
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1038/s43586-021-00068-5

Characterisation of scintillator-based gamma spectrometers for determination of sample dose rate in OSL dating applications

Author(s): Minqiang Bu, Andrew Sean Murray, Myungho Kook, Louise Maria Helsted, Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Kristina Jørkov Thomsen
Published in: Radiation Measurements, Issue 120, 2018, Page(s) 253-259, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.07.003

A new automated system for combined luminescence and exo-electron measurements

Author(s): M. Autzen, N.R.J. Poolton, A.S. Murray, M. Kook, J.-P Buylaert
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Issue 443, 2019, Page(s) 90-99, ISSN 0168-583X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2019.01.030

The Oyambre coastal terrace: a detailed sedimentary record of the Last Interglacial Stage in northern Iberia (Cantabrian coast, Spain)

Author(s): Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Pedro P. Cunha, Alejandro Cearreta, Andrew S. Murray, Jan‐Pieter Buylaert
Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science, Issue 36/4, 2021, Page(s) 570-585, ISSN 0267-8179
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3317

Attenuation of beta radiation in granular matrices: implications for trapped-charge dating

Author(s): Alastair Charles Cunningham, Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Andrew Sean Murray
Published in: Geochronology, 2021, ISSN 2628-3719
Publisher: Copernicus
DOI: 10.5194/gchron-2021-17

Counter-intuitive influence of Himalayan river morphodynamics on Indus Civilisation urban settlements

Author(s): Ajit Singh, Kristina J. Thomsen, Rajiv Sinha, Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Andrew Carter, Darren F. Mark, Philippa J. Mason, Alexander L. Densmore, Andrew S. Murray, Mayank Jain, Debajyoti Paul, Sanjeev Gupta
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 8/1, 2017, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01643-9

On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar

Author(s): J.-P. Buylaert, G. Újvári, A.S. Murray, R.K. Smedley, M. Kook
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2018, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.003

Resolving luminescence in spatial and compositional domains

Author(s): K.J. Thomsen, M. Kook, A.S. Murray, M. Jain
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2018, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.002

Measurement of natural radioactivity: Calibration and performance of a high-resolution gamma spectrometry facility

Author(s): A.S. Murray, L.M. Helsted, M. Autzen, M. Jain, J.P. Buylaert
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2018, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.04.006

The effect of backscattering on the beta dose absorbed by individual quartz grains

Author(s): M. Autzen, G. Guérin, A.S. Murray, K.J. Thomsen, J.-P. Buylaert, M. Jain
Published in: Radiation Measurements, Issue 106, 2017, Page(s) 491-497, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.05.004

High-precision natural dose rate estimates through beta counting

Author(s): Alastair C. Cunningham, Andrew S. Murray, Simon J. Armitage, Martin Autzen
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2018, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.04.008

Ice-volume-forced erosion of the Chinese Loess Plateau global Quaternary stratotype site

Author(s): T. Stevens, J.-P. Buylaert, C. Thiel, G. Újvári, S. Yi, A. S. Murray, M. Frechen, H. Lu
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 9/1, 2018, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03329-2

Towards the origins of over-dispersion in beta source calibration

Author(s): Vicki Hansen, Andrew Murray, Kristina Thomsen, Mayank Jain, Martin Autzen, Jan-Pieter Buylaert
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2018, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.05.014

On the importance of grain size in luminescence dating using quartz

Author(s): A. Timar-Gabor, J.-P. Buylaert, B. Guralnik, O. Trandafir-Antohi, D. Constantin, V. Anechitei-Deacu, M. Jain, A.S. Murray, N. Porat, Q. Hao, A.G. Wintle
Published in: Radiation Measurements, 2017, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.01.009

Reply to “Further considerations on ‘Towards the origins of over-dispersion in beta source calibration’ by Hansen et al., radiation measurements, 2018” by Munish Kumar

Author(s): M. Autzen, V. Hansen, A.S. Murray
Published in: Radiation Measurements, Issue 138, 2020, Page(s) 106446, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106446

Luminescence dosimetry: Does charge imbalance matter?

Author(s): M. Autzen, A.S. Murray, G. Guérin, L. Baly, C. Ankjærgaard, M. Bailey, M. Jain, J.-P. Buylaert
Published in: Radiation Measurements, Issue 120, 2018, Page(s) 26-32, ISSN 1350-4487
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.08.001

Comparing natural and laboratory irradiations: A simulation approach

Author(s): M. Autzen, G. Guérin, A.S. Murray, M. Jain, J.-P. Buylaert
Published in: Journal of Luminescence, Issue 238, 2021, Page(s) 118272, ISSN 0022-2313
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118272

Further investigations into the effect of charge imbalance on luminescence production

Author(s): M. Autzen, A.S. Murray, M. Jain, J.-P. Buylaert
Published in: Journal of Luminescence, Issue 238, 2021, Page(s) 118223, ISSN 0022-2313
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118223