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Luminescence, Volcanic Rocks

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Luminescence dating methods are applicable to estimate ages of past volcanic eruptions using (1) volcanic phenocrysts (quartz and feldspar) and glass within volcanic rocks (including unconsolidated tephra) and (2) rocks heated by lava or pyroclastic flow. Unlike luminescence dating of light-exposed sediments, the luminescence clock is reset by heating or is naturally zero at the time of crystallization. Another resetting mechanism of temperature-assisted hydrostatic pressure by phreatic eruptions has been also proposed (Zöller et al. 2009).

Introduction

The first attempt of luminescence dating of volcanic rocks has been done by Wintle (1973) using thermoluminescence (TL) of rhyolites and basalts containing plagioclase phenocrysts. She found, however, a significant signal loss in artificially irradiated samples after a storage, which is known as anomalous fading, leading to an age underestimation. Since then, luminescence dating studies using quartz, feldspar, and volcanic...

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Tsukamoto, S. (2014). Luminescence, Volcanic Rocks. In: Rink, W., Thompson, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_100-3

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