Comparations of environmental dose rate measurements for optically stimulated luminescence dating on marine sediments

Zhou Congyan; Jiang Tao; Hu Yipan; Chen Kanglin; Chen Hongjun; Li Yalin; Liang Chen; He Long

doi:10.12284/hyxb2023041

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Zhou Congyan，Jiang Tao，Hu Yipan, et al. Comparations of environmental dose rate measurements for optically stimulated luminescence dating on marine sediments[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2023, 45(4)：121–132 doi: 10.12284/hyxb2023041

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Comparations of environmental dose rate measurements for optically stimulated luminescence dating on marine sediments

doi: 10.12284/hyxb2023041

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Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources, Wuhan 430074, China
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Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou 510075, China

Received Date: 2022-10-11
Rev Recd Date: 2022-11-07

Available Online: 2023-03-28

Publish Date: 2023-03-31

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Abstract

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating as a absolute dating method for sediments has been widely used in Quaternary studies. Improving the accuracy and precision of OSL dating has been a hot spot in academic research. However, for a long time, there have been numerous studies on equivalent dose measurement procedures and calculation methods, and relatively few studies on environmental dose rates. In this paper, we conducted OSL chronology study on marine sediment samples obtained from the Borehole ZBW in the southwestern of Hainan Province. The contents of uranium, thorium and potassium in the samples were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry/optical emission spectrometry (ICP-MS/OES), neutron activation analysis (NAA) and γ-ray spectrometer, respectively. The results show that there are differences in the results measured by the three methods in some strata, and the reasons could be: (1) incomplete dissolution of U in heavy minerals during the ICP-MS/OES pretreatment process; (2) the ICP-MS/OES measurement results are the elemental contents of U, Th, and K, which include some non-radionuclide contents; (3) the small sample size used for NAA, which was subject to chance errors, and the dilution effect of non-radioactive material in the sample affects the measurement results; (4) there is an imbalance of uranium system in the sample. Combined with the sedimentary environment in the study area and the data measured by HPGe γ-ray spectrometer, the results show that the uranium imbalance originates from the autogenous uranium absorption phenomenon, and the effect on the environmental dose rate is about 11%.
- optically stimulated luminescence,
- marine sediment,
- environmental dose rate,
- HPGe γ-ray spectrometer,
- U-series unbalance

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