173. AGE DETERMINATION OF A SEDIMENT SAMPLE BY OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE

Ivana Sandeva; Vladimir Dimčev; Margarita Ginovska,; Lihnida Stojanovska-Georgievska; Aleksandar Krleski; Hristina Spasevska

doi:10.51466/JEEIT2052079s

Ivana Sandeva Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Vladimir Dimčev Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Margarita Ginovska, Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Lihnida Stojanovska-Georgievska Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Aleksandar Krleski Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Hristina Spasevska Faculty of Electical Enginnering and Information Technologies ,"Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje , Rugjer Boskovic bb, P.O. box 574 , 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51466/JEEIT2052079s

Keywords: optically stimulated luminescence, dating, minerals, sediments

Abstract

Luminescence dating is an important method for age determination that is based on studying the luminescence characteristics of quartz and feldspar as the most common minerals in sediments and artifacts. The greatest advantage of this dating method is its wide dynamic range, starting from 10 years to 500000 years and its ability to be applied on many different materials and to a range of grain sizes, from fine slit to medium sand. Measurements in this paper are done on sediment samples by optically stimulated luminescence technique, including sample preparation and analysis of results.