Under the lead of Freiberg Instruments a norm was published on the reporting of equivalent doses and related dating results.
Under the lead of Freiberg Instruments a norm was published on the reporting of equivalent doses and related dating results.
The determination of the absorbed dose in minerals (e.g. quartz) is often achieved with optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) using the "single aliquot regenerative" SAR dose protocol. The specific requirements for procedures, equivalent dose, dose estimation and age results are listed. A useful glossary of terms, definitions, units, symbols and abbreviations commonly used is included.
The purpose is the provision of a common format to enable transparency and data evaluation, as well as replication. It will allow data quality assessment in all stages of scientific discovery (e.g., proposal evaluation, peer-review of results, dissemination).
Furthermore, the informative supplement provides a technical guidance on the application of the SAR-protocol with a step by step description, including the procedures to determine OSL measurement parameters. Templates are suggested for reporting the SAR-protocol used, the basic SAR-OSL results and age results.