Applicability of a quartz OSL standardised growth curve for De determination up to 400 Gy for lacustrine sediments from the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau |
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| Authors: | Hao Long ZhongPing Lai QiShun Fan YongJuan Sun XiangJun Liu |
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| Institution: | 1. Luminescence Dating Group, Key Laboratory of Salt Lake Resources and Chemistry, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China;2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | The standardised growth curve (SGC) for quartz OSL has recently been developed as a practical means to reduce measurement times when determining palaeodoses using quartz of aeolian sediments, especially loess and desert sand from the same section or the same geographical area. In the present study, we test the performance of SGCs for lacustrine sediments of three cores in the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) in China. A total of nine samples were collected (three samples from each of the three cores), and silt-sized (38–63 μm) quartz was extracted for the experiment. The results demonstrated that: (a) Nine samples display similar dose–response curves up to a regeneration dose of 600 Gy using single aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol, suggesting the existence of a standardised growth curve for lacustrine sediments in the Qaidam Basin; (b) For samples with Des of up to ～400 Gy, the Des determined by the SGC are in agreement with the Des by the SAR protocol, suggesting that the SGC approach could be used for De determination up to a dose of ～400 Gy for lacustrine samples from the Qaidam Basin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China; (c) The saturation dose for these samples is more than 600 Gy, and in the growth curve a linear growth part was observed in the high dose range of >200 Gy. |
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