OSL dating of an inland dune along the lower River Scheldt near Aard (East Flanders, Belgium)

  • F. Bogemans Flemish Heritage Institute(VIOE), Koning Albert II-laan 19 bus 5, 1210 Brussel, Belgium. Present address: Belgian Geological Survey, Jennerstraat 13, 1000 Brussel
  • D. Vandenberghe Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrology (Luminescence Research Group), Department of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S8), B-9000 Gent, Belgium
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000640

Abstract

The chronostratigraphic position of aeolian dunes in East Flanders (Belgium) has been under debate for decades. Until now, the only available age information consisted of a limited number of radiocarbon dates, which provided indirect sediment deposition chronologies. This paper reports on the first direct determination, by quartz-based single-aliquot optically stimulated luminescence dating, of the time that dune sands were deposited along the Lower River Scheldt in Belgium. The sediments are dated at 12.0±0.9 ka (n = 5), which confirms that the time of inland dune formation in East Flanders dates from the Younger Dryas period and should not be constrained to the Holocene.

Published
2011-08-01
How to Cite
F. Bogemans, & D. Vandenberghe. (2011). OSL dating of an inland dune along the lower River Scheldt near Aard (East Flanders, Belgium). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 90, 23 - 29. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000640
Issue
Volume 90 - 2011
Section
Original Articles
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