TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding processes of sediment bleaching in glacial settings using a portable OSL reader
AU - King, Georgina
AU - Sanderson, David C. W.
AU - Robinson, Ruth Alison Joyce
AU - Finch, Adrian Anthony
N1 - This research was part funded by NERC studentship, Grant Number: F008589/1. The APC was paid through RCUK Open Access block grant funds.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Analysis of a high-resolution suite of modern glacial sediments from Jostedalen, southern Norway, using a portable optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) reader, provides insights into the processes of sediment bleaching in glacial environments at the catchment scale. High-magnitude, low-frequency processes result in the least effective sediment bleaching, whereas low-magnitude, high-frequency events provide greater bleaching opportunities. Changes in sediment bleaching can also be identified at the scale of individual bar features: tails of braid-bars and side-attached bar deposits have the lowest portable reader signal intensities, as well as the smallest conventional OSL residual doses. In addition to improving our understanding of the processes of sediment bleaching, portable reader investigations can also facilitate more rapid and comprehensive modern analogue investigations, which are commonly used to confirm that the OSL signals of modern glacial sediments are well bleached.
AB - Analysis of a high-resolution suite of modern glacial sediments from Jostedalen, southern Norway, using a portable optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) reader, provides insights into the processes of sediment bleaching in glacial environments at the catchment scale. High-magnitude, low-frequency processes result in the least effective sediment bleaching, whereas low-magnitude, high-frequency events provide greater bleaching opportunities. Changes in sediment bleaching can also be identified at the scale of individual bar features: tails of braid-bars and side-attached bar deposits have the lowest portable reader signal intensities, as well as the smallest conventional OSL residual doses. In addition to improving our understanding of the processes of sediment bleaching, portable reader investigations can also facilitate more rapid and comprehensive modern analogue investigations, which are commonly used to confirm that the OSL signals of modern glacial sediments are well bleached.
KW - Glacial sediments
KW - Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) reader
KW - Sediment bleaching
U2 - 10.1111/bor.12078
DO - 10.1111/bor.12078
M3 - Article
SN - 0300-9483
VL - 43
SP - 955
EP - 972
JO - Boreas
JF - Boreas
IS - 4
ER -
