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Thermolumineszenz und Altersbestimmung

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Only relatively few laboratories are actively engaged in thermoluminescence-dating of rocks and artifacts. Nearly all these laboratories combine the practical application with methodical developments, because thermoluminescence-dating is too complex in order to become a routine method in the near future. This article reviews the principles and new developments and the archaeological and geological applications of thermoluminescence-dating.

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Für die Proben und die Zusammenarbeit bei der Probennahme danke ich Dr. H. Bullinger und Dr. G. Rupprecht vom Karl-Geib-Museum, Bad Kreuznach, Dr. E. Koller und Prof. J. Lüning vom Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Universität Köln und Prof. L. Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Langen-Oberlinden. A. Haidmann und R. Pelikan, MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, haben bei der TL-Datierung mitgewirkt. Dr. E. Pernicka, MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, danke ich für die kritische Durchsicht des Manuskripts. Das Thermolummeszenz-Laboratorium am MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, wurde mit Unterstützung durch die Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, Hannover, eingerichtet.

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Wagner, G.A. Thermolumineszenz und Altersbestimmung. Naturwissenschaften 67, 216–226 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01054530

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