Abstract:
A new singlealiquot regenerativedose protocol is used to estimate the equivalent dose(De) in polymineral fine grains extracted from Holocene loess in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, in which three signals, bluestimulated,postIR blue stimulated and IR stimulated luminescence, are measured. In this approach,each natural or regenerated dose OSL is corrected for changes in sensitivity using the OSL response to a constant test dose(10%~20% of De). Among these three luminescence signals, postIR blue stimulated luminescence provides reliable estimates of De. It is concluded that priorIR exposure may dispel the trapped electrons with lower energy, and postIR blue simulated luminescence is mainly generated by the trapped electrons with higher energy.