Technical note: On the reliability of laboratory beta-source calibration for luminescence dating
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Published:2021-06-23
Issue:1
Volume:3
Page:371-381
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ISSN:2628-3719
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Container-title:Geochronology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Geochronology
Author:
Mauz Barbara, Martin Loïc, Discher Michael, Tribolo Chantal, Kreutzer SebastianORCID, Bahl Chiara, Lang AndreasORCID, Mercier Nobert
Abstract
Abstract. The dose rate of the 90Sr / 90Y beta source used in most
luminescence readers is a laboratory key parameter. There is a
well-established body of knowledge about parameters controlling accuracy and
precision of the calibration value but some hard-to-explain inconsistencies
still exist. Here, we have investigated the impact of grain size, aliquot
size and irradiation geometry on the resulting calibration value through
experiments and simulations. The resulting data indicate that the dose rate
of an individual beta source results from the interplay of a number of
parameters, most of which are well established by previous studies. Our
study provides evidence for the impact of aliquot size on the absorbed dose
in particular for grain sizes of 50–200 µm. For this grain-size
fraction, the absorbed dose is enhanced by ∼ 10 %–20 % as
aliquot size decreases due to the radial increase of dose rate towards
the centre of the aliquot. The enhancement is most variable for 50–100 µm
grains mounted as aliquots of < 8 mm size. The enhancement is
reversed when large grains are mounted as small aliquots due to the edge
effect by which the dose induced by backscattered electrons is reduced.
While the build-up of charge dictates the increase of absorbed dose with the
increase of grain size, this principle becomes more variable with changing
irradiation geometry. We conclude that future calibration samples should
consist of subsamples composed of small, medium, large and very large quartz
grains, each obtaining several gamma doses. The calibration value measured
with small, medium and large aliquots is then obtained from the inverse
slope of the fitted line, not from a single data point. In this way, all
possible irradiation geometries of an individual beta source are covered,
and the precision of the calibration is improved.
Funder
Horizon 2020 Conseil Régional Aquitaine
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
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