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<p>Trapped charge dating method using electron spin resonance (ESR) of quartz is progressively used for sediment dating. ESR signals can be used for accurate age estimation only when these signals are zeroed by sunlight exposure before the layer creation or when one knows their ESR residual level (the part of the signal that is not bleached). It is well known that the ESR signal related to the Al-hole centres in quartz used for sediment dating has a significant residual signal. From the point of view of luminescence models, as a hole trap, the Al-hole centre is considered as a recombination centre in quartz. Recently, it was demonstrated experimentally that the ESR signal of the Al-hole centre is dependent on the total dose absorbed by the quartz sample in the past. The same effect was confirmed by simulations of the charge transport processes for a model including two recombination centres. Here, the dependence of residual hole concentration (RHC) in the recombination centres on the total dose absorbed by a sample in the past is studied in detail by computer simulations for a wide range of model parameters. The impact that the various relations of centre parameters have on the dependence of the residual as a function of dose is investigated and the implications for the dating practice are discussed.</p>
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Trapped charge dating method using electron spin resonance (ESR) of quartz is progressively used for sediment dating. ESR signals can be used for accurate age estimation only when these signals are zeroed by sunlight exposure before the layer creation or when one knows their ESR residual level (the part of the signal that is not bleached). It is well known that the ESR signal related to the Al-hole centres in quartz used for sediment dating has a significant residual signal. From the point of view of luminescence models, as a hole trap, the Al-hole centre is considered as a recombination centre in quartz. Recently, it was demonstrated experimentally that the ESR signal of the Al-hole centre is dependent on the total dose absorbed by the quartz sample in the past. The same effect was confirmed by simulations of the charge transport processes for a model including two recombination centres. Here, the dependence of residual hole concentration (RHC) in the recombination centres on the total dose absorbed by a sample in the past is studied in detail by computer simulations for a wide range of model parameters. The impact that the various relations of centre parameters have on the dependence of the residual as a function of dose is investigated and the implications for the dating practice are discussed.

Residual Hole Concentration in Recombination Centres after Bleaching

Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics

Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Environmental Analysis and Engineering

Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Center of Environmental Radioactivity and Nuclear Dating

Geochronometria

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Trapped charge dating method using electron spin resonance (ESR) of quartz is progressively used for sediment dating. ESR signals can be used for accurate age...

Residual Hole Concentration in Recombination Centres after Bleaching

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2021

Pages: 415 - 427

Reçu: 09 nov. 2021

Accepté: 06 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geochr-2021-0008

Mots clés
bleaching, recombination centres, residual, quartz, Al-h ESR signal

© 2021 N. K. Pawlak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Residual Hole Concentration in Recombination Centres after Bleaching

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2021

Pages: 415 - 427

Reçu: 09 nov. 2021

Accepté: 06 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geochr-2021-0008

Mots clésbleaching, recombination centres, residual, quartz, Al-h ESR signal

© 2021 N. K. Pawlak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
bleaching, recombination centres, residual, quartz, Al-h ESR signal