Understanding processes of sediment bleaching in glacial settings using a portable OSL reader
Abstract
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.
Citation
King , G , Sanderson , D C W , Robinson , R A J & Finch , A A 2014 , ' Understanding processes of sediment bleaching in glacial settings using a portable OSL reader ' , Boreas , vol. 43 , no. 4 , pp. 955-972 . https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12078
Publication
Boreas
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0300-9483Type
Journal article
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© 2014 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Description
This research was part funded by NERC studentship, Grant Number: F008589/1. The APC was paid through RCUK Open Access block grant funds.Collections
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