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Alkali feldspars are represented by orthoclase and microcline.
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alkali feldspars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59, 4465-4492.
Alkali feldspars are extensively used as palaeodosimeters for dating Quaternary deposits.
Plagioclase dramatically removes Sr at intermediate stages and
alkali feldspars sequester Ba and Rb as late-stage trachytes and phonolites form in alkaline magmas.
In the Tallinn laboratory, both quartz and
alkali feldspars have been used in the OSL dating.
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The study of the efficiency of (optical) response by stimulation means the measurements of the OSL stimulation spectra of quartz and
alkali feldspars in the widest possible spectral region.
Photoionization of radiation induced traps in quartz and
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Phenocrysts of plagioclase and hornblende along with
alkali feldspar, quartz and ores are embedded in felsophyric groundmass.