Luminescence dating, uncertainties and age range

Jakob Wallinga, Alastair C. Cunningham

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Abstract

Luminescence ages have an uncertainty of at least 4–5 %, mainly due to systematic errors in both dose rate (conversion factors) and equivalent dose (source calibration) estimation. In most cases, the uncertainty will be higher, due to random errors (e.g., spread in equivalent doses) or uncertainty in assumptions (e.g., water content fluctuations, burial history). Dating is possible for a wide age range of a few decades to about half a million years, although uncertainties are usually relatively large toward the extremes of this range.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods
EditorsW.J. Rink, J.W. Thompson
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherSpringer
Pages440-445
ISBN (Electronic)9789400763036
ISBN (Print)9789400763043
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameEncyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
ISSN (Print)1388-4360
ISSN (Electronic)1871-756X

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