Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea

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Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea. / Madsen, Anni Tindahl; Murray, A. S.; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest; Pejrup, Morten.

In: Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 2, No. 1-4, 2007, p. 89-94.

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Madsen, AT, Murray, AS, Andersen, TJ & Pejrup, M 2007, 'Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea', Quaternary Geochronology, vol. 2, no. 1-4, pp. 89-94. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.008

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Madsen, A. T., Murray, A. S., Andersen, T. J., & Pejrup, M. (2007). Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea. Quaternary Geochronology, 2(1-4), 89-94. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.008

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Madsen AT, Murray AS, Andersen TJ, Pejrup M. Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea. Quaternary Geochronology. 2007;2(1-4):89-94. https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.008

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Madsen, Anni Tindahl ; Murray, A. S. ; Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest ; Pejrup, Morten. / Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea. In: Quaternary Geochronology. 2007 ; Vol. 2, No. 1-4. pp. 89-94.

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title = "Optical dating of young tidal sediments in the Danish Wadden Sea",
abstract = " We have tested the applicability of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to the dating of young estuarine sediments (<1000 years) to determine whether this method can be used to complement and support existing techniques, such as 210Pb dating. The degree of bleaching before deposition is investigated by examining the age trend in various sediment cores, and where possible, by comparison with independent age control provided by 210Pb dating. The consistency between optical ages and 210Pb ages is shown to be satisfactory on a time-scale down to only a few years.We conclude that OSL provides reliable and reproducible results in cores from sub-, inter- and supra-tidal sediments, ranging from only a few years up to ~1000 years old, confirming its value in the estimation of estuarine accretion rates. With OSL it is, for the first time, possible to date sediment cores from silty and sandy tidal flats, providing a new approach to the problem of evaluation of stability and calculation of sediment budgets for estuaries and coastal lagoons.",
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AU - Pejrup, Morten

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N2 -  We have tested the applicability of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to the dating of young estuarine sediments (<1000 years) to determine whether this method can be used to complement and support existing techniques, such as 210Pb dating. The degree of bleaching before deposition is investigated by examining the age trend in various sediment cores, and where possible, by comparison with independent age control provided by 210Pb dating. The consistency between optical ages and 210Pb ages is shown to be satisfactory on a time-scale down to only a few years.We conclude that OSL provides reliable and reproducible results in cores from sub-, inter- and supra-tidal sediments, ranging from only a few years up to ~1000 years old, confirming its value in the estimation of estuarine accretion rates. With OSL it is, for the first time, possible to date sediment cores from silty and sandy tidal flats, providing a new approach to the problem of evaluation of stability and calculation of sediment budgets for estuaries and coastal lagoons.

AB -  We have tested the applicability of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) to the dating of young estuarine sediments (<1000 years) to determine whether this method can be used to complement and support existing techniques, such as 210Pb dating. The degree of bleaching before deposition is investigated by examining the age trend in various sediment cores, and where possible, by comparison with independent age control provided by 210Pb dating. The consistency between optical ages and 210Pb ages is shown to be satisfactory on a time-scale down to only a few years.We conclude that OSL provides reliable and reproducible results in cores from sub-, inter- and supra-tidal sediments, ranging from only a few years up to ~1000 years old, confirming its value in the estimation of estuarine accretion rates. With OSL it is, for the first time, possible to date sediment cores from silty and sandy tidal flats, providing a new approach to the problem of evaluation of stability and calculation of sediment budgets for estuaries and coastal lagoons.

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KW - Danmark

KW - vade hav

KW - kvarts

KW - 210 Pb datering

KW - OSL

KW - Denmark

KW - wadden sea

KW - Salt marsh

KW - Tidal mudflats

KW - Quartz

KW - 210Pb dating

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