RESEARCH PAPER
Characteristics of ESR signals and TLCLs of quartz included in various source rocks and sediments in Japan: A clue to sediment provenance
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Jeol Resonance Inc., 1-2 Musashino 3-Chome, Akishima Tokyo, 196-8558, Japan
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Faculty of Letters, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishimachi, Nara, 630-8506, Japan
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Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan
Online publication date: 2013-09-27
Publication date: 2013-12-01
Geochronometria 2013;40(4):334-340
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ABSTRACT
The variation of electron spin resonance (ESR) signal intensities and thermoluminescence colour images (TLCIs) of quartz was investigated in the present study for various rocks and sediments in Japan, to discuss the possibilities of identifying the sediment provenance. The ESR signal intensity of the E1’ centre in the same grain size in granitic quartz varies from sample to sample, except for that in Quaternary samples of volcanic sediment, which is very low, close to the noise level. It was found that the diagram, ESR intensities of Al versus Ti-Li centre signal intensities, distinguish volcanic from the same grain size in granitic quartz as well as distinguish individual tephra from another. The TLCIs from volcanic quartz and some granitic quartz samples is almost red and that from the rest of granitic and metamudstone quartz is blue as results of TLCIs although the emission intensities are different. Our results suggest that examining the multiple-centre signal intensities of ESR and the TLCIs are effective to identify the source of quartz and to estimate the sediment provenance.
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