Abstract: Calcite is a common matter in the fault zone and it is often related with fault movement,so its dating is of vital significance for studying the time of fault movement.At present,ESR method is one of the ways for measuring the age of calcite,but there are no final conclusions regarding the ESR signals and measurement conditions of calcite.The samples used in this article were picked from the east of Erhai,Yunnan.According to the preliminary study of the samples,we found that calcite was liable to generate unstable short-lived signal when it was artificially exposed.So before measuring,the samples were kept under the room temperature condition for at least 5 days to eliminate the jamming signals.Generally,in natural calcite,there are many ESR signal centers,among them,the ones,g=2.0040 and g=2.0023,respond well to absorbed dose,and can be used in the dating.Growth curves of these two signals indicate a linear growth at least in the range of 1500Gy.But it is indicated with the artificially fixed known dose method that different microwave powers have to be taken for g=2.0040 and g=2.0023 signals.If we consider the deviation of ED value is smaller than 5%,then the microwave power should be 0.8 or 2mW for the g=2.0040 signal,and the microwave power be 2mW or 5mW for the g=2.0023 signal.

Key words: ESR, calcite, ED, dating signals, measurement conditions

摘要： 方解石脉是与断裂构造相关并在基岩区断裂带中常见的物质.方解石脉的定年有时对研究基岩区断裂活动时代具有重要的意义.方解石脉ESR测年是目前采用的测年方法之一,但是对于方解石脉的ESR信号特征及其测量条件目前尚没有定论.文中研究样品采自云南洱海海东断裂带中.根据对样品的初步研究认为,方解石脉人工辐照时易产生不稳定的短寿命信号,在测量之前至少将其在室温条件下存放5d.天然方解石脉中一般具有多个ESR信号,其中g=2.004 0和g=2.002 3信号对吸收剂量具有良好的响应关系,可以用于测年.这两个信号的增长曲线表明至少在1 500Gy剂量范围内呈线性增长.人工给定已知剂量方法表明,要获得可靠的古剂量,g=2.004 0和g=2.002 3的信号所选择的微波功率是不同的.对于g=2.004 0信号,测量的微波功率应在0.8或2mW;而g=2.002 3信号,微波功率应选择2或5mW.

关键词: ESR, 方解石脉, 等效剂量, 定年信号, 测量条件