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Cologne Luminescence Laboratory (CLL)

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    Single grain OSL disc

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    Beryllium oxide (BeO) dosimeters

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    Beryllium oxide (BeO) dosimeter measurement and bleaching units

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    OSL laboratory

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    Multiple grain OSL discs

The CLL is focussed on constraining landscape evolution in a range of environmental settings by using different luminescence dating techniques. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for measuring equivalent dose and dose rate, including seven luminescence readers and two gamma spectrometers (details about our measurement facilities are provided here). 

Besides applying luminescence as a tool for dating quaternary sediments, the CLL is also working on the improvment and development of methodological approaches. This includes improvements of luminescence dating approaches but also the investigation of luminescence-based proxies for tracing earth-surfaceand soil processes.