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Seeing Snails in a New Light

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

10.2138/gselements.14.1.39

1811-5217

G.A.T. Duller, Helen M. Roberts,

Building materials and conservation

Research Article| February 01, 2018 Seeing Snails in a New Light Geoff A. T. Duller; Geoff A. T. Duller 1 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, United Kingdom E-mail: ggd@aber.ac.uk; hmr@aber.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Helen M. Roberts Helen M. Roberts 1 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, United Kingdom E-mail: ggd@aber.ac.uk; hmr@aber.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Geoff A. T. Duller 1 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, United Kingdom E-mail: ggd@aber.ac.uk; hmr@aber.ac.uk Helen M. Roberts 1 Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, United Kingdom E-mail: ggd@aber.ac.uk; hmr@aber.ac.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): 39–43. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.14.1.39 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 Geoff A. T. Duller, Helen M. Roberts; Seeing Snails in a New Light. Elements 2018;; 14 (1): 39–43. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.14.1.39 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 is exhibited by many common minerals, some of which have been exploited for dating. Calcite has the potential to date events that occurred over millions of years, but a series of challenges has hindered its use in dating limestone building stones, speleothems, and mollusk shells. Now, however, promising results from calcite luminescence dating have been achieved from an unexpected source: the opercula grown by certain species of snail. Coupled with innovations in luminescence imaging systems, snail opercula offer an exciting new approach that may finally unlock calcite's potential for dating. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.