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The luminescence laboratory is located on the second floor of the building. It consists of two main sections, the sample preparation room and the IRA radioactive facility. The sample preparation room is fully equipped for the separation of quartz and feldspar grains from the samples subject to analysis. Luminescence dating is based on the ability of certain minerals quartz and feldspar to accumulate electrical charges within their mineral structure and to release such light energy charges when they are submitted to an external stimulus. According to the type of external stimulus applied, there are different types of luminescence, TL, OSL, IRSL, depending on whether the external source is heat, a visible light source or infrared. This energy is accumulated within the minerals as a result of the radioactive decay occurring in the material found in the environment, which is continually stored provided that it is not exposed to an external stimulus, such as sunlight for example, resulting in the release of the energy, thereby resetting the clock to zero. Therefore, this technique can only be employed to date the last event in which the material was exposed to sunlight, having been subsequently buried and protected from this light source. Luminescence Dating The luminescence laboratory is located on the second floor of the building. Facilities and equipment.

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This time we visited a lab where the OSL dating is actually performed. It is the only such lab in the northeastern US. More information about the lab is at: marinefrouin.

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This trapped signal is light sensitive and builds up over time during a period of no light exposure during deposition or burial but when exposed to light natural sunlight or artificial light in a laboratory the signal is released from the traps in the form of light — called luminescence. In this facility we aim to sample these minerals found in all sediments without exposing them to light so that we can stimulate the trapped signal within controlled laboratory conditions with heat thermoluminescence — TL or light optically stimulated-luminescence — OSL. As most sedimentary processes or events are based on the deposition of sediment these depositional ages are critical to geomorphological research. In addition, the age of sediment deposition is also crucial for the evidence found within the sediment such as pollen, fossils and artefacts and therefore the technique is relevant for paleoclimatology, archaeological and paleontological research. Therefore the facility supports existing research programs investigating climate change, natural hazards, coastal and river management, and human-environment interactions.

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Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dating

At the Netherlands Centre for Luminescence dating we develop new and improved luminescence dating methods, and we apply luminescence dating in collaboration with NCL partners and external users. Wageningen University hosts the Netherlands Centre for Luminescence dating and its facilities. Luminescence dating determines the last exposure to light or heat of natural minerals, mainly quartz and feldspar. Thereby the method can be used to determine the time of deposition and burial of sediments, or the time of baking of ceramic artefacts pottery, brick. The method has a wide age range, covering the period from a few years to half a million years.

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