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Telling the Time with Dust, Sand and Rocks

2018; Mineralogical Society of America; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2138/gselements.14.1.9

1811-5217

Rachel Smedley,

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Research Article| February 01, 2018 Telling the Time with Dust, Sand and Rocks Rachel K. Smedley Rachel K. Smedley 1 Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK E-mail: Rachel.Smedley@liverpool.ac.uk2 School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Rachel K. Smedley 1 Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK E-mail: Rachel.Smedley@liverpool.ac.uk2 School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 14 Feb 2018 Online Issn: 1811-5217 Print Issn: 1811-5209 Copyright © 2018 by the Mineralogical Society of AmericaMineralogical Society of America Elements (2018) 14 (1): 9–14. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.14.1.9 Article history First Online: 14 Feb 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Rachel K. Smedley; Telling the Time with Dust, Sand and Rocks. Elements 2018;; 14 (1): 9–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.14.1.9 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Luminescence dating plays a major role in reconstructing environments of Earth's recent geological history. Since its proposal in 1953, luminescence dating has developed into a versatile geochronological technique that can be applied to material up to 2 million years old. Luminescence dating has many novel applications because it can utilize the most ubiquitous minerals in the Earth's crust (quartz and feldspar) to determine the timing of sediment burial or exposure. The technique can be applied to grain sizes from silt to boulder, and to sediments that occur in a wide range of settings, e.g. deserts, rivers, lakes, glaciers, caves. This issue discusses the latest technical developments of luminescence dating and the key scientific discoveries that it has facilitated over the last few decades. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.