Thermoluminescence dating of Dimlington Stadial deposits in eastern England |
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| Authors: | ANN G WINTLE JOHN A CATT |
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| Institution: | Godwin Laboratory, Sub-department for Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, U.K.;Soils and Plant Nutrition Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, U.K.;10th August, 1984 |
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| Abstract: | The loess component of a solifluction deposit of the Dimlington Stadial exposed at the inland site of Eppleworth in eastern England gave a thermoluminescence date of 17.5 ± 1.6 × 103 years. The solifluction deposit is overlain by a slightly weathered till correlated with the Skipsea Till of coastal exposures. which lies between organic horizons with radiocarbon dates of 18,500–18,240 B.P. and 13,045 B.P. Although the till must have been deposited during the Dimlington Stadial (after 18,240 B.P. at Dimlington and after 17,500 B.P. at Epplcworth), it gave apparent TL dates of 42.1 ± 3.6 × 103 years at Eppleworth and 102 ± 9 × 103 years at Dimlington, indicating that the components of the till were not exposed to light immediately before deposition. |
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