Print Email Facebook Twitter Luminescence dating of storm-surge sediment Title Luminescence dating of storm-surge sediment Author Cunningham, A.C. Contributor Dorenbos, P. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Department Radiation, Radionuclides & Reactors Date 2011-08-30 Abstract Geological evidence of storm surges has the potential to provide vital information on storm-surge risk. Sediment from the coastal dunes of the Netherlands contains evidence of extreme floods that occurred before reliable measurements of water level began. For these sediments to be useful in flood-risk analysis, they need to be reliably dated. This thesis investigates the use of Luminescence dating for storm-surge sediment. Luminescence dating is a radiometric dating method, which uses tiny light signals emitted from mineral grains to estimate the time that the grains were deposited. The method is shown to be suitable for dating storm-surge sediment, and other types of flood deposits. Subject OSLFloodStorm surge To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a2ee5415-4151-41e7-80be-bcfac341deeb Publisher Ipskamp Drukkers Embargo date 2011-11-01 ISBN 9789461910073 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2011 Cunningham, A.C. Files PDF Cunningham_THESIS.pdf 1.6 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a2ee5415-4151-41e7-80be-bcfac341deeb/datastream/OBJ/view