LUNA lab
About LUNA lab
LUNA lab is established as a joint infrastructure of the Helmholtz-Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Applied Physics at TU Bergakademie Freiberg and Freiberg Instruments GmbH. Combining the expertise of the three partners, LUNA lab focusses on methodological developments and their evaluation in the fields of geochronology and spectroscopy.
Research Projects
R package 'Luminescence'
a toolbox of transparent, open source R functions for luminescence dating data processing
website: https://r-luminescence.org/
download: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Luminescence/index.html
publications:
Kreutzer, S., Schmidt, C., Fuchs, M. C., Dietze, M., Fischer, M., Fuchs, M. (2012): Introducing an R package for luminescence dating analysis. Ancient TL 30 (1), 1 - 8. http://ancienttl.org/ATL_30-1_2012/ATL_30-1_Kreutzer_p1-8.pdf
Dietze, M., Kreutzer, S., Fuchs, M.C., Burow, C., Fischer, M., Schmidt, C. (2013): A practical guide to the R package Luminescence. Ancient TL 31 (1), 11 - 18. http://ancienttl.org/ATL_31-1_2013/ATL_31-1_Dietze_p11-18.pdf
Fuchs, M. C., Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Dietze, M., Fischer, M., Schmidt, C., Fuchs, M. (2015): Data processing in luminescence dating analysis: An exemplary workflow using the R package ‘Luminescence’. Quaternary International 362, 8 - 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.034
Burow, C., Kreutzer, S., Dietze, M., Fuchs, M.C., Fischer, M., Schmidt, C., Brückner, H. (2016): RLumShiny - A graphical user interface for the R Package ’Luminescence’. Ancient TL 34, 22 - 32. http://ancienttl.org/ATL_34-2_2016/ATL_34-2_Burow_p22-32.pdf
Dietze, M., Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Fuchs, M. C, Fischer, M., Schmidt, C. (2016): The abanico plot: visualising chronometric data with individual standard errors. Quaternary Geochronology 31, 12 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.09.003
Kreutzer, S., Burow, C., Dietze, M., Fuchs, M.C., Fischer, M., Schmidt, C. (2017): Software in the context of luminescence dating: status, concepts and suggestions exemplified by the R package “Luminescence”. Ancient TL 35 (2), 1 - 11. http://ancienttl.org/ATL_35-2_2017/ATL_35-2_Kreutzer_p1-11.pdf
Sandbox
a toolbox of R functions for synthetic sediment sections including stratigraphic consistent deposits with depth-dependent rules and grain-specific parameters such as luminescence properties
download: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sandbox/index.html
publications:
Dietze, M., Kreutzer, S., Fuchs, M.C., Meszner, S. (2022): sandbox – creating and analysing synthetic sediment sections with R. Geochronology 4, 323 - 338. https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-323-2022
Geochronology of the Batagay megaslump in Central Siberia
collaboration: AWI Potsdam and collaborators with HIF
publications:
Ashastina, K., Schirrmeister, L., Fuchs, M., & Kienast, F. (2017). Palaeoclimate characteristics in interior Siberia of MIS 6-2: first insights from the Batagay permafrost mega-thaw slump in the Yana Highlands. Climate of the Past, 13(7), 795-818. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-795-2017
Murton, J. B., Opel, T., Toms, P., Blinov, A., Fuchs, M., Wood, J., Gärtner, A., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Savvinov, G., & Wetterich, S. (2022). A multimethod dating study of ancient permafrost, Batagay megaslump, east Siberia. Quaternary Research, 105, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.27
Mittelstraß, D., Fuchs, M., Lauer, T., Wetterich, S., Kizyakov, A., & Opel, T. (2024). Geochronology of the Batagay Megaslump in East Siberia: B19-LU luminescence dating data sets and R scripts [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14544322
REPLAY - REProducible Luminescence data AnalYses
addresses reproducibility and usability of luminescence data analysis using existing R software solutions and enhances connectivity of required analytical workflows.
DFG funded activity of the R Luminescence developer team.
info: https://www.r-luminescence.org/news/20241130_replay_webinar_112024/
Luminescence dating of active faults in New Zealand
master thesis project
collaboration: LIAG Hannover, HIF, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
publication:
ARENICOLA
DFG-funded project on Advanced Radiofluorescence Imaging and Grain Classification in Luminescence Applications. The project focusses on automated grain classification pipelines, multi-spectral signal deconvolution, and generate open-source software and training datasets that will propel luminescence dating and data analysis. ARENICOLA is joint DFG research project (#553815036) of Heidelberg University and the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF)
collaboration: University Heidelberg, HIF
duration: 2025 - 2027
links: https://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/new-arrival-at-heilum-dirk-mittelstrass
