Luminescense Laboratory

The Heidelberg Luminescence Laboratory at the Institute of Geography conducts optical dating of sediments and stone surfaces as well as scientific and technological development of the optical stimulated luminescence technique.

2024

• Sontag-González, M., Kumar, R., Schwenninger, J.-L., Thieme, J., Kreutzer, S., Frouin, M., 2024. Short communication: Synchrotron-based elemental mapping of single grains to investigate variable infrared-radiofluorescence emissions for luminescence dating. Geochronology 6, 77–88. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-77-2024
• Pfaffner, N., Kadereit, A., Karius, V., Kolb, T., Kreutzer, S., Sauer, D., 2024. Reconstructing the Eemian to Middle Pleniglacial pedosedimentary evolution of the Baix loess–palaeosol sequence (Rhône Rift Valley, southern France) – basic chronostratigraphic framework and palaeosol characterisation. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 73, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-1-2024

2023

• Laag, C., Lagroix, F., Kreutzer, S., Chapkanski, S., Zeeden, C., Guyodo, Y., 2023. Measuring and evaluating colorimetric properties of samples from loess-paleosol sequences. MethodsX 10, 102159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102159
• Kreutzer, S., Grehl, S., Höhne, M., Simmank, O., Dornich, K., Adamiec, G., Burow, C., Roberts, H.M., Duller, G.A.T., 2023. XLUM: an open data format for exchange and long-term preservation of luminescence data. Geochronology 5, 271–284. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-271-2023
• Bosq, M., Kreutzer, S., Bertran, P., Lanos, P., Dufresne, P., Schmidt, C., 2023. Last Glacial loess in Europe: luminescence database and chronology of deposition. Earth System Science Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-105
• Baumgarten, F., Philippe, A., Guérin, G., Kreutzer, S., 2023. Reducing computation time in the R-package “BayLum.” Ancient TL 41, 1–4. http://ancienttl.org/ATL_41-1_2023/ATL_41-1_Baumgarten_p1-4.pdf

2022

• Sontag-González, M., Mittelstraß, D., Kreutzer, S., Fuchs, M., 2022. Wavelength calibration and spectral sensitivity correction of luminescence measurements for dosimetry applications: Method comparison tested on the IR-RF of K-feldspar. Radiation Measurements 159, 106876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106876
• Schmidt, C., Chruścińska, A., Fasoli, M., Biernacka, M., Kreutzer, S., Polymeris, G.S., Sanderson, D.C.W., Cresswell, A., Adamiec, G., Martini, M., 2022. A systematic multi-technique comparison of luminescence characteristics of two reference quartz samples. Journal of Luminescence 250, 119070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.119070
• Mercier, N., Galharret, J.-M., Tribolo, C., Kreutzer, S., Philippe, A., 2022. Luminescence age calculation through Bayesian convolution of equivalent dose and dose-rate distributions: the De_Dr model. Geochronology 4, 297–310. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-297-2022
• Kreutzer, S., Mercier, N., Lamothe, M., 2022. Infrared-radiofluorescence: Dose saturation and long-term signal stability of a K-feldspar sample. Radiation Measurements 156, 106818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106818
• Dietze, M., Kreutzer, S., Fuchs, M.C., Meszner, S., 2022. sandbox – creating and analysing synthetic sediment sections with R. Geochronology 4, 323–338. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-323-2022

Older Publications

• Kadereit, A., Kreutzer, S., Schmidt, Ch., DeWitt, R., 2020. A closer look at IRSL SAR fading data and their implication for luminescence dating. Geochronology, Discussion paper, preprint under review for GChron since 10thFebruary 2020: https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2020-3.
• Nowacki, D., Langan, C.C.M., Kadereit, A., Pint, A., Wunderlich, J. 2018 (in press). Lake Gorgana - A paleolake in the Lower Danube Valley revealed using multi-proxy and regionalisation approaches. Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.021
• Mühl, S., Rösch, M., Almanmi, D., Kadereit, A., Aziz, B.Q., 2018. Irrigation in the Sharizor Plain. The potential of archaeological and geoarchaeological archives to reconstruct ancient water management. In: Kühne, H., 2018, Water for Assyria, Studia Chaburensia, Vol. 7, :117 – 136, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden.
• Costantini, E.A.C., Carnicelli, S., Sauer, D., Priori, S., Andreetta, A., Kadereit, A., Lorenzetti, R., 2018 (2018). Loess in Italy: Genesis, characteristics and occurrence. Catena 168: 14 - 33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.02.002.
• Holzhauer, I., Kadereit, A., Schukraft, G., Kromer, B. & Bubenzer, O. (2018): Spatially heterogeneous relief changes, soil formation and floodplain aggradation under human impact – geomorphological results from the Upper Rhine Graben (SW Germany), Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues 61 (1): 121 - 158, https://doi.org/10.1127/zfg_suppl/2017/0357.
• Sauer, D., Kadereit, A., Kühn, P., Kösel, M., Miller, Ch.E., Shinonaga, T., Kreutzer, S., Herrmann, L., Fleck, W., Starkovich, B.M., Stahr, K. 2016. The loess-palaeosol sequence of Datthausen, SW Germany: Characteristics, chronology, and implications for the use of the Lohne Soil as a marker soil. Catena, in press, available online 22 July 2016: 1-20, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.024.
• C.D. Athanassas, C.D., Rollefson, G.O., Kadereit, A., Kennedy, D., Theodorakopoulou, K., Rowan, Y.M., Wasse, A., 2015. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert.- Journal of Archaeological Science 64, December 2015, Pages 1–11, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.09.005
• Rhodius , C., Kadereit, A., Siegel, U., Schmidt, K., Eichmann, R., Khalil, L.A.: Constraining the time of construction of the irrigation system of Tell Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan near Aqaba, Jordan, using high-resolution optically stimulated luminescence (HR-OSL) dating.- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences: 1-26 (first online: 07 September 2015), DOI 10.1007/s12520-015-0284-x.
• Kadereit, A. & Wagner, G.A., 2014. Geochronological reconsideration of the eastern European key loess section at Stayky in Ukraine.- Clim. Past, 10, 783-796, doi:10.5194/cp-10-783-2014.
• Liritzis, I., Singhvi, A., Feathers, J., Wagner, G.A., Kadereit, A., Zacharias, N. & Li, S.-H. Li, 2013. Luminescence Dating in Archaeology, Anthropology, and Geoarchaeology. An Overview. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, 97 pp, ISBN 978-3-319-00169-2, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00170-8.
• Necea, D., Fielitz, W., Kadereit, A., Andriessen, P.A.M. & Dinu, C., 2013. Middle Pleistocene to Holocene fluvial terrace development and uplift-driven valley incision in the SE Carpathians, Romania. Tectonophysics, 602: 332-354.
• Kadereit, A., Kreutzer, S., 2013. Risø calibration quartz – A challenge for ß-source calibration. An applied study with relevance for luminescence dating. Measurement 46/7: 2238-2250.
• Kreutzer, S., Hülle, D., JørkovThomsen, K., Hilgers, A., Kadereit, A., Fuchs, M., 2013. Quantification of cross-bleaching during infrared light stimulation (IRSL). Ancient TL 31/1: 1-10.
• Kadereit, A., Kind, C.-J., Wagner G.A., 2013. The chronological position of the Lohne Soil in the Nussloch loess section – re-evaluation for a European loess-marker horizon. Quaternary Science Reviews 59, 67-86.
• Kadereit, A., DeWitt, R., Johnson, T.C., 2012. Luminescence properties and optically stimulated luminescence dating of limnic sediments from northern Lake Malawi – chances and limitations. Quaternary Geochronology 10, 160-166.
• Wagner, G.A., Maul, L.C., Löscher, M., Schreiber, H.D., 2011. Mauer – the type site of Homo heidelbergensis: palaeoenvironment and age. Quaternary Science Reviews 30, 1464–1473.
• Wagner, G.A., Kadereit, A., 2010. Luminescence dating work from the Heidelberg group – a key technology in geoarchaeology. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 10/4, 3-8.
• Kadereit, A., Kühn, P., Wagner, G.A., 2010. Holocene relief and soil changes in loess-covered areas of south-western Germany: the pedosedimentary archives of Bretten-Bauerbach (Kraichgau). Quaternary International 222, 96-119.
• Wagner, G.A., Krbetschek, M., Degering, D., Bahain, J.-J., Shao, Q., Falguères, C., Voinchet, P., Dolo, J.-M., Dolo, J.-M., Garcia, T., Rightmire, G.P., 2010. Radiometric dating of the type-site for Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer, Germany. PNAS 107 (46), 19726-19730, doi:10.1073/pnas.1012722107.