Defining minimum reporting requirements for ESR dating of optically bleached quartz grains

  1. Mathieu Duval 28
  2. Jean-Jacques Bahain 45
  3. Mélanie Bartz 6
  4. Christophe Falguères 4
  5. Veronica Guilarte 2
  6. Davinia Moreno García 2
  7. Hélène Tissoux 47
  8. Miren del Val 12
  9. Pierre Voinchet 4
  10. J. Arnold Lee 3
  1. 1 Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, UPV/EHU
  2. 2 Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana
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    Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01nse6g27

    Geographic location of the organization Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana
  3. 3 Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) and the School of Chemistry and Physics
  4. 4 Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
  5. 5 Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
  6. 6 University of Cologne
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    University of Cologne

    Colonia, Alemania

    ROR https://ror.org/00rcxh774

    Geographic location of the organization University of Cologne
  7. 7 Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
  8. 8 Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
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Journal:
Ancient TL

ISSN: 0735-1348

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 35

Issue: 1

Pages: 11-19

Type: Article

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Abstract

More than 30 years after the first Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating application to optically bleached quartz grains by Yokoyama et al. (1985), the absence of standardization for reporting methodology and age results remains an obstacle for the development and recognition of the ESR dating method within the Quaternary scientific community. To overcome this issue, the present work proposes some basic guidelines which should hopefully be useful not only for the ESR dating community, but also for any potential reviewers who may not be familiar with the specificities of this field.