Dating fractures using luminescence

Andričević, P.; Sellwood, E. L.; Freiesleben, T.; Hidy, A. J.; Kook, M.; Eppes, M. C.; Jain, M.

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118461

Title: Dating fractures using luminescence

Journal Article · 06 November 2023 · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118461 · OSTI ID:2204935

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Technical Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde (Denmark)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC (United States)

Rock fracturing (cracking) is a universal process that drives and limits chemical degradation, sediment production and erosion, and deterioration of infrastructure. Despite extensive research gains in rock mechanics on one hand and geochronology on the other, there remains a glaring gap in our ability to understand the long term evolution of natural, in situ fractures. Here we develop a novel fracture exposure dating technique, grounded in modern advances in luminescence geochronology. We apply our new dating method to a granitic boulder from a glacial outwash terrace in California, US. We conclude that the longest, clast-splitting E-W fracture appeared shortly after the boulder's deposit, whereas the secondary N-S fracture appeared 5 ka after the deposition, approximately correlating with the Last Glacial Maximum and Younger Dryas periods of the region, respectively. However, dating of the third fracture (<< 50 µm width) which does not fully split the rock, is ambiguous due to negligible daylight penetration and poor determination of fracture width. The fracture dating method presented herein brings with it the potential to decipher relationships that are crucial for the interpretation and modeling of, for example, long-term landscape and atmospheric evolution relating rock weathering to climate change and erosion.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 2204935

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-856466; 1084767

Journal Information:: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 624, Issue 15; ISSN 0012-821X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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