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Hey, mafic… optically stimulated luminescence?

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Aug 20 '22, 21:41

It’s a method used by geologists to measure… I guess the amount of light absorbed by quartz and used to determine the age of a site (i.e. archaeologists use it to date a site when they don’t have carbon dating). Are you familiar with it? I’d never heard of this before. They’re dating… dirt. Crazy!

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I’m vaguely aware of it. Mostly a sediments thing, because it’s good for (I think) last exposure to sunlight. -- nm - mafic Aug 21, 09:07
You need to talk to folk in your Anthro department ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 20, 23:46
I wonder if anyone has made a dating site for geologists called "carbon dating" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 21:44 2
- One of my exes is a geologist—kinda drove me crazy because she kept digging in my past…but the ore-gasms were good. - Flavorize Aug 20, 21:58 1
  - Well, damn. I wish that I'd read and comprehended this post before wasting my meager effort for this board. 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏 -- nm - JD Aug 20, 23:23

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