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Chronology of Cauvery Delta Sediments from Shallow Subsurface Cores Using Elevated-Temperature Post-IR IRSL Dating of Feldspar
L. Alappat 1
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S. Tsukamoto 1
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P. Singh 2
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D. Srikanth 2
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R. Ramesh 3
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M. Frechen 1
 
 
 
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Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Section S3: Geochronology and Isotope Hydrology, Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany
 
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Department of Earth Sciences, School of Physical Chemical and Applied Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India
 
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Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University, Chennai 600 025, India
 
 
Online publication date: 2011-01-05
 
 
Publication date: 2010-01-01
 
 
Geochronometria 2010;37:37-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10003-010-0025-1
 
 
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KEYWORDS
Cauvery delta
fluvial sediments
OSL dating
elevated temperature IRSL
K-feldspar
 
ABSTRACT
We present the results of luminescence dating of sediments from two cores from the Cauvery Delta in south-east India. Since all natural quartz OSL signals except one sample were in saturation, the elevated temperature post-IR IRSL protocol for K-feldspar was applied to establish a chronology. Internal dose rates of K-feldspar grains were calculated from the measured internal content of potassium, uranium, thorium and rubidium in the bulk of K-feldspar grains using solution ICP-OES and ICP-MS analysis. A substantial scatter in single-aliquot De values was observed which is most probably due to the effect of incomplete bleaching of fluvial sediments before burial. A minimum age model was applied to extract possible depositional ages. The study revealed that except an upper layer of Holocene sediments (< 5m), the majority of the upper ~50m of Cauvery delta sediments were deposited between marine isotope stage MIS-5 and MIS-10 or older. The feldspar luminescence ages also indicate the existence of a period of non deposition or erosion in the upper part of the cores.
 
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