Thermoluminescence dating of Australian palaeo-earthquakes
Quaternary Science Reviews
By: J.T. Hutton, J.R. Prescott, J. R. Bowman, M.N.E. Dunham, A. J. Crone, M. N. Machette, and C.R. Twidale
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Abstract
Thermoluminescence (TL) dating is a useful tool for determining the age of prehistoric earthquakes by dating deposits that are stratigraphically related to fault scarps that formed during the earthquakes. TL dating of aeolian sand in the area of the 1988 Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, earthquakes provides evidence that similar earthquakes have not ruptured the causative faults for at least 50 ka. Pilot TL measurements of deposits associated with the Roopena and Ash Ridge fault scarps near Whyalla on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, suggest an age of 140 ka for the Quaternary deposits associated with the formation of the scarps.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Thermoluminescence dating of Australian palaeo-earthquakes |
| Series title | Quaternary Science Reviews |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-3791(94)90040-X |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 143 |
| Last page | 147 |
| Country | Australia |
| Other Geospatial | Eyre Peninsula |