Some properties of Ti-related paramagnetic centres relevant for electron spin resonance dating of single sedimentary quartz grains.
We performed Q-band ESR spectroscopy on several single quartz grains from different geological deposits. Various properties of Ti-related impurity centres in quartz relevant for ESR dating were studied. It will be shown that some properties, such as sensitivity change and response to artificial gamma-irradiation, may vary from grain to grain. It is concluded that single grain ESR dating is feasible at a pure experimental level.
Beerten
Koen
K
Laboratorium voor Stratigrafie, Afdeling Historische Geologie, Departement Geografie-Geologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Redingenstraat 16, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. kbeerten@uni-koeln.de
Stesmans
Andre
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