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USGS Luminescence Dating Laboratory

Applications of Luminescence

Deposit Age Range (years)
Glass / Volcanic Ash 10-250,000
Loess 8,000-416,000
Fluvial Modern-400,000
Colluvium / Alluvium 100-150,000
Eolian 10-70,000
Paleodischarge - A&C Horizons 3,000-190,000
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