Open AccessThermoluminescence dating of Dimlington Stadial deposits in eastern England
Author(s) -
WINTLE ANN G.,
CATT JOHN A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1985.tb00725.x
Subject(s) - stadial , solifluction , radiocarbon dating , loess , geology , thermoluminescence dating , geochemistry , deposition (geology) , thermoluminescence , geomorphology , archaeology , paleontology , glacial period , geography , sediment , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics
The loess component of a solifluction deposit of the Dimlington Stadial exposed at the inland site of Eppleworth in eastern England gave a thermoluminescence date of 17.5 ± 1.6 × 10 3 years. The solifluction deposit is overlain by a slightly weathered till correlated with the Skipsea Till of coastal exposures. which lies between organic horizons with radiocarbon dates of 18,500–18,240 B.P. and 13,045 B.P. Although the till must have been deposited during the Dimlington Stadial (after 18,240 B.P. at Dimlington and after 17,500 B.P. at Epplcworth), it gave apparent TL dates of 42.1 ± 3.6 × 10 3 years at Eppleworth and 102 ± 9 × 10 3 years at Dimlington, indicating that the components of the till were not exposed to light immediately before deposition.