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Thermoluminescence age of quartz xenocrysts in basaltic lava from Oninomi monogenetic volcano, northern Kyushu, Japan

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We determined the eruption age of basaltic rocks by application of thermoluminescence (TL) method, which is often used for TL dating, to quartz. Mafic magma only rarely includes quartz because of their mutual disequilibration. The basaltic lavas reported herein include quartz as xenocrysts, as corroborated by their rounded or anhedral shape.

The basaltic lava used for this study is from the Oninomi monogenetic volcano in northern Kyushu, Japan. The volcano eruption was estimated as occurring 7.3–29 ka because the lava exists between two widespread tephras: Aira-Tanzawa ash (26–29 ka) and Kikai-Akahoya ash (7.3 ka). We succeed-ed in collecting ca. 200 mg of quartz by decomposition of 30 kg of the lava samples. TL measurements for the lava indicate the eruption age as 15.8 ± 2.5 ka, which is fairly consistent with the stratigraphical estimation. Although the TL method has played a considerable part in constraining the timescale of Quaternary events, its application has been limited to silicic samples. The present result demonstrates the availability of quartz for dating even of mafic rock.

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  1. Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Kyoto University, 3088-176, Noguchibaru, Beppu, 874-0903, Japan

    Yorinao Shitaoka, Tomoyuki Shibata & Keiji Takemura

  2. Faculty of Education and Regional studies, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan

    Masaya Miyoshi

  3. The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, 10-8 kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Junji Yamamoto

  4. Faculty of Education, Nara University of Education, Takabatake, Nara, 630-8528, Japan

    Tsuneto Nagatomo

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Shitaoka, Y., Miyoshi, M., Yamamoto, J. et al. Thermoluminescence age of quartz xenocrysts in basaltic lava from Oninomi monogenetic volcano, northern Kyushu, Japan. Geochron 41, 30–35 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0144-3

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