Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating of Sands Underlying the Gravel Beach Ridges of Dungeness and Camber, Southeast England, UK
Author(s): A J Plater, H M Roberts
Holocene sands underlying the gravel beach ridges of Dungeness and Camber were dated using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) applied to coarse (sand-sized) quartz grains. The 39 sand samples dated proved sufficiently sensitive and responsive to enable well-resolved dating using the Single Aliquot Regenerative dose (SAR) measurement protocol. The OSL chronology for the sub-gravel sands of the Dungeness foreland places the early formation of the underlying shoreface at about 5000 years ago in the region of Broomhill, with ages decreasing progressively eastwards to approximately 2000 years ago beneath Denge Marsh, and 1000-600 years ago under the present ness.
- Report Number:
- 27/2005
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 84
- Keywords:
- Geochronology Luminescence Dating
