Research on provenance using luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains: Progress and prospect

LÜ Tongyan; GONG Zhijun; XUE Lei

2016 Vol. 35, No. 8

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LÜ Tongyan, GONG Zhijun, XUE Lei. Research on provenance using luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains: Progress and prospect[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2016, 35(8): 1324-1331.

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LÜ Tongyan, GONG Zhijun, XUE Lei. Research on provenance using luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains: Progress and prospect[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2016, 35(8): 1324-1331.

Research on provenance using luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains: Progress and prospect

1. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
2. School of Earth Sciences, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China;
3. Earthquake Administration of Fujian Province, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China

Received Date: 11 December 2015

Revised Date: 03 June 2016

Publish Date: 15 August 2016

Abstract

Abstract

The Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) sensitivity of quartz grains is a new indicator to trace the provenance of deposits. Many achievements have been obtained. This paper focuses on the development of the luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains, describing the production mechanism, the influencing factors for TL and OSL sensitivity changes in the laboratory, and the ways to monitor and to correct the luminescence sensitivity changes. Then various luminescence sensitivity characteristics of quartz grains from different deposits (glacigenic sediments, eolian deposits, and aqueous sediments) in different regions are recounted in detail. Meanwhile, various temporal luminescence sensitivity characteristics are also described for the eolian deposits. The parent rock and sedimentary history play important roles in the quartz luminescence sensitivity in nature, and hence luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains can be used to infer the origin and provenance of deposits. The challenges and chances in applying such a technique in tracing are also analyzed.
- luminescence; quartz; sensitivity; provenance; trace

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