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The article sets out the main tasks facing researchers studying RTL dating and suggests various ways of accomplishing them, that have been developed in the departments of radiochemistry and geomorphology at Moscow State University. The questions under discussion are the formation of the age RTL lightsum in sedimentary rocks and its functional connection with dose-rate and zeroing of paleodosimeters. Methods of RTL dating developed and used by the authors are discussed in detail. The version the RTL method suggested is illustrated by the data concerning the age of the Dniestr terraces. The investigations lead to the conclusion that natural quartz can be employed as a thermoluminescence paleodosimeter for the determination of ages ranging from tens of thousands to 1–2 million years by using the high temperature peaks of the glow curve.
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Vlasov, V.K., Kulikov, O.A. Radiothermoluminescence dating and applications to pleistocene sediments. Phys Chem Minerals 16, 551–558 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00202210
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00202210