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Volume: 41 (1957)

Issue: 1. (January)

First Page: 121

Last Page: 129

Title: Factors in Age Determination of Carbonate Sediments by Thermoluminescence

Author(s): Edward J. Zeller (2), John L. Wray (3), Farrington Daniels (4)

Abstract:

New data obtained from pressure experiments have shown that at least two genetic types of thermoluminescence exist and have furnished an objective means for the selection of limestone samples for age determination tests. The quantity of gamma radiation necessary to reproduce the natural thermoluminescence of a sample can be determined experimentally. When this value is divided by the natural radiation rate, an index is obtained which bears a linear relationship to geologic age. Possible sources of error have been recognized and their effects are discussed.

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