Residual Hole Concentration in Recombination Centres after Bleaching

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...

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Published in:Geochronometria 2021-01, Vol.48 (1), p.415-427
Main Authors: Pawlak, N. K., Timar-Gabor, A., Chruścińska, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Al-h ESR signal
Bleaching
Charge simulation
Charge transport
Chronology
Dating techniques
Electron paramagnetic resonance
Electron spin
Hole traps
Mathematical models
Minerals
Parameters
Quartz
recombination centres
residual
Sediments
Simulation
Spin resonance
Sunlight
Transport processes
Trapped charge
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1733-8387
1897-1695
DOI:10.2478/geochr-2021-0008