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Luminescence geochronology and paleoenvironmental implications of coastal deposits of southeast Cyprus

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Quaternary stratigraphy and sea level changes have been extensively investigated in many areas of the Mediterranean. However, numerical dating of coastal deposits and the associated paleoenvironmental information are limited for the coasts of Cyprus, principally based on radiometric and radiation-exposure geochronological techniques on fossils which bear a range of limitations and uncertainties. As such, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating techniques are deemed to be the most suitable in direct dating of the coastal sediments of Cyprus. In the southeastern Cyprus, coastal dunes (aeolianites) now forming elongated ridges appear as morphological features running parallel to the current shoreline presenting an indicator of sea level and climate changes of great paleoenvironmental significance. We present our first chronological results for the exposed aeolianites and underlying littoral deposits formed along the southeastern coastal Cyprus ranging from 78.4 ± 9.9 to 56.2 ± 7.4 ka. The post-infrared–infrared stimulated luminescence (pIR-IRSL) revealed that dune formation took place during the marine isotope stages (MISs) 3, 4, and possibly 5a. Late Holocene reworking is proposed for a distinctively isolated dune with an age of ~1.3 ka ago. This study also showed that pIR-IRSL dating of feldspars may be a reliable alternative to quartz OSL dating when the quartz luminescence characteristics are unsuitable.

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This research has been supported by the EU project “New Archaeological Research Network for Integrating Approaches to ancient material studies” (NARNIA), from the FP7, Marie Curie Action-ITN by the European Commission under contract number 265010. We are thankful to Dr. Pieter Vermeesch, University College London, for his assistance and information provided in the use of the “RadialPlotter” application.

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  1. Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Centre for Scientific Research, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15310, Athens, Greece

    Evangelos Tsakalos, Constantin Athanassas, Eleni Filippaki, John Christodoulakis & Maria Kazantzaki

  2. Laboratory of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography, Department of Geology, University of Patras, 26504, Rio, Greece

    Evangelos Tsakalos, Maria Geraga & George Papatheodorou

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    Polychronis Tsipas

  4. Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Historical Geology-Palaeontology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784, Athens, Greece

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Tsakalos, E., Athanassas, C., Tsipas, P. et al. Luminescence geochronology and paleoenvironmental implications of coastal deposits of southeast Cyprus. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 10, 41–60 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0339-7

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