Development and Application of the Thermoluminescence       Technique to Data Arctic Marine Sediments:  A Case Study on Western Spitsbergen, Svalbard
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This award supports a study of the potential of                                 thermoluminescence (TL) to date high Arctic deglacial marine                    sediments.  A suite of modern and, independently dated, early                   Holocene and Late Quaternary sediments were specifically collected              from western Spitsbergen to explore new TL methods to date                      deglacial sequences, as well as to test the accuracy, precision                 and temporal limitations of the technique.  This research is                    designed to provide needed insight into the basic TL properties of              sediments and to develop procedures that can routinely date                     sediments.  The focus of laboratory studies will be to gain a                   better understanding of which particle size and mineralogic                     component yield the most chronologically sensitive and stable TL                signal.  This study will outline the fundamental basis for                      extending the TL method to Arctic deglacial marine-sediments,                   ultimately providing a new method for constraining the timing of                Late and Middle Quaternary Arctic glaciations.
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{'Code': '5280', 'Text': 'ANS-Arctic Natural Sciences'}
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