An assessment of the luminescence sensitivity of Australian quartz with respect to sediment history

Fitzsimmons, Kathryn

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An assessment of the luminescence sensitivity of Australian quartz with respect to sediment history

Date

2011

Authors

Fitzsimmons, Kathryn

Publisher

Wind-J Wojewoda Publ Co

Abstract

This study provides a preliminary systematic characterisation of OSL sensitivity, with re-spect to sediment history, of single grains of Australian quartz from a variety of source rocks and depositional contexts. Samples from two distinct lithologies and