ESR as a method for the characterization of alluvial sediments

Tissoux, Hélène; Voinchet, Pierre; Lacquement, Frédéric; Despriée, Jackie

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.05.010

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“…Based on above studies, Toyoda et al (2016) proposed that since the quartz heat-treated E 1 ' centre is correlated with the age of quartz, it can be an effective indicator of age in source rocks. Therefore, the heat-treated E 1 ' centre of quartz have been considered as a new powerful tool for provenance study (Ono et al, 1998;Attanasio et al, 2000;Duttine et al, 2002;Toyoda and Naruse, 2002;Crook et al, 2002;Nagashima et al, 2007Nagashima et al, , 2011Sun et al, , 2008Sun et al, , 2013Toyoda, 2011;Yamamoto et al, 2013;Shimada et al, 2013;Tissoux et al, 2015;Toyoda et al, 2016;Shimada et al, 2016;Satio et al, 2017). In order to detect the correlation between the heat-treated E 1 ' signal intensity of fluvial sedimentary quartz and its source rock age, we compared the ESR signal intensities for the fluvial sediments and source rocks when heated at 300°C and 330°C, respectively (Fig.…”

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“…However, more recent studies indicated that the ESR signal intensity of heat-treated E 1 ' centre, after gammaray irradiation to 2.5 kGy followed by heating at 300°C for 15 min, was correlated to the age of quartz (Ono et al, 1998;Toyoda and Hattori, 2000;Toyoda and Naruse, 2002;Sun et al, 2007). Thus, on the basis of the correlation between the quartz ESR intensity and its source rock age, the heat-treated E 1 ' centre could be used to trace sediment provenance (Attanasio et al, 2000;Nagashima et al, 2007Nagashima et al, , 2011Sun et al, 2008Sun et al, , 2013Toyoda, 2011;Yamamoto et al, 2013;Shimada et al, 2013Shimada et al, , 2016Tissoux et al, 2015;Toyoda et al, 2016, Satio et al, 2017. Previous studies have mainly focused on the heattreated E 1 ' centre of aeolian sediment, while studies on fluvial and lacustrine sediments are limited.…”

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Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

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To assess if the heat-treated E 1' centre in quartz is suitable for fluvial sediment provenance tracing, eight granitic samples from sediments and their source rocks with distinct geological ages and origins were collected for electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements. The results show that the maximum heat-treated E 1' signal intensity of quartz in the fluvial sediments occurs upon heating at about 300°C, as previously observed in aeolian quartz. The heat-treated E 1' signal intensity of quartz in sediment samples also shows significant correspondence to those of their source rocks as well as their formation age. We propose that the heat-treated E 1' centre of sedimentary quartz, combined with other lithological discrimination parameters, could serve as an effective indicator for fluvial sediment provenance tracing.

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Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

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“…Quartz was first used in the ESR dating of sediments and fault gouges in the 1980s [1][2][3][4][5] and has continued to be used to date Quaternary eolian, shoreline beach, fluvial, and lacustrine sediments during the last decade [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. The extraction of pure quartz from sediments is required for accurate dating.…”

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The ESR Signals in Different Minerals and the Bleaching of Feldspar

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Yi,

Yang

et al. 2023

Minerals

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The use of quartz is critical to the electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of sediments and fault gouges. The germanium center (Ge center) in quartz is a commonly used color center employed in ESR signal measurement. Although Ge center signals in quartz can be detected using an ESR spectrometer, they are weak and sometimes undetectable. Impurities in quartz grains can further aggravate these deficiencies and may even invalidate any attempt to repeat ESR ages due to the deficiencies evident in the processes used in sample preparation. Using sieving, carbonate-organic matter removal, water flotation, magnetic separation, heavy liquid separation, and HF solution etching, we separated quartz, feldspar (plagioclase), mica, and the heavy minerals and measured the ESR signal in each of them to examine the impact of impurities within mineral grains on the ESR signals. From the ESR spectra, we observed intense ESR signals in feldspar and the heavy minerals and weak signals in mica at the same positions as the Ge center in the quartz. The ESR signals in the feldspar proved to be the most intense and overrode the peaks exhibited by the Ge center in the quartz. Feldspar is commonly associated with quartz in sediments, but it is difficult to separate it from quartz as their colors, specific gravities, and magnetic properties are similar. Any ESR signal in quartz containing foreign minerals would therefore be likely to be heavily disturbed by the signals from these foreign minerals, particularly from the feldspar and heavy minerals. ESR signals in the feldspar decreased similarly to those in the quartz when exposed to sunlight, declining by 70%–80% after being exposed for 50 h. Such declination was more obvious in high-altitude areas than in low-altitude areas. Our results indicate that highly pure quartz is required when dating; we would therefore strongly suggest that the procedures for the purification of quartz grains should include floating, heavy liquid separation, and HF solution etching to remove the feldspar, heavy minerals, and any remnant magnetite. Such a procedure would guarantee that the signal that is measured comes from the quartz alone, allowing repeatable measurements using the same spectrometer as well as valid comparisons between the spectrometries derived from different spectrometers.

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“…A number of quartz-specific petrographic, isotopic, and geochemical provenance methods have been proposed (Ackerson et al, 2015;Bernet & Bassett, 2005;Nagashima et al, 2007Nagashima et al, , 2017Shimada et al, 2013). Of these, electron spin resonance (ESR) signal of various defect centers in quartz has been increasingly applied to fingerprint sources in sedimentary settings (Nagashima et al, 2007(Nagashima et al, , 2011Tissoux et al, 2015;Wei et al, 2020).…”

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A Novel Proxy for Tracking the Provenance of Dust Based on Paired E₁’‐Peroxy Paramagnetic Defect Centers in Fine‐Grained Quartz

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Timar‐Gabor

Kabacińska

et al. 2022

Geophysical Research Letters

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Identifying the original source rocks of sediments is important for understanding sediment cycling. For aeolian sediments, pinpointing provenance has additional advantages of facilitating the reconstruction of transport pathways that relate to atmospheric circulation, and thereby changes in climate dynamics through time. Aeolian loess deposits have long been recognized as valuable archives of past climates in terrestrial environments (Kukla et al., 1988;Schaetzl et al., 2018). Loess sequences represent long-term accumulation of aeolian dust and thus identifying their provenance provides an important proxy for reconstructing changes in atmospheric circulation through time. A number of established tools are used to identify the source of dust in loess deposits. These include grain-size analysis, in particular grain sorting and end-member modeling, to elucidate transport modes and likely source area types (

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ESR as a method for the characterization of alluvial sediments

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Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

The ESR Signals in Different Minerals and the Bleaching of Feldspar

A Novel Proxy for Tracking the Provenance of Dust Based on Paired E₁’‐Peroxy Paramagnetic Defect Centers in Fine‐Grained Quartz

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ESR as a method for the characterization of alluvial sediments

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Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Signal Intensity of Quartz E<sub>1</sub>′ Centre and Its Potential Use in Fluvial Sediments Provenance Tracing

The ESR Signals in Different Minerals and the Bleaching of Feldspar

A Novel Proxy for Tracking the Provenance of Dust Based on Paired E1’‐Peroxy Paramagnetic Defect Centers in Fine‐Grained Quartz

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A Novel Proxy for Tracking the Provenance of Dust Based on Paired E₁’‐Peroxy Paramagnetic Defect Centers in Fine‐Grained Quartz