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W. Jack Rink
Professor, School of Geography & Earth Sciences

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W. Jack Rink

W. Jack Rink: Publications

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Publications

Contribution to Books
Journal Articles

Contribution to Books

Richter, D., Mauz, B., B`hner, U., Weissmhller, W., Wagner, G.A., Freund, G, Rink, W.J. and Richter, J. (2000) Luminescence dating of the Middle/Upper Palaeolithic sites ‘Sesselfelsgrotte’ and ‘Abri I Am Schulerloch’, Altmihltal, Bavaria. In Orschiedt, J. and Weniger, C. (eds.) Neanderthals and Modern Humans – Discussing the Transition.Central europe from 50,000 – 30,000 BP. Neanderthal Museum wissenschaftliche Schriften 2.

Rink, W.J. (2000) Beyond 14C dating: A user’s guide to long range dating methods in archaeology. In Goldberg, P., Holliday, V.T. and Ferring, C.R. (eds) Earth Sciences and Archaeology. pp. 385-417. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.

Rink, W.J., Schepartz, L.A., Miller-Antonio, S., Huang, W., Hou, Y., Bakken, D., Richter, D. and Jones, H.L. (2003) Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of mammalian tooth enamel at Panxian Dadong Cave, Guizhou, China. Current research in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology. Eds. Chen, S. and Keates, S.G. British Archaeological Reports International Series 1179, 111-118.


 

Journal Articles (Peer reviewed)

Odom, A.L. and Rink, W.J. (1989) The Natural Accumulation of Schottky-Frenkel Defects: Implications for a Quartz Geochronometer: Geology 17, 55-58.

Odom A.L. and Rink, W.J. (1989) Giant Radiation-Induced Color Halos in Quartz: Solution to a Riddle? Science 246: 107-109.

Rink, W.J. and Odom, A.L. (1989) Research Note: Giant Radiation Halos in Quartz. Geology 17, 54.

Rink, W.J., Gielisse, P.J., and Plendl, H.S. (1990) Coloration in Electron-Irradiated Beryl. Journal of Gemmology 22: 33-37.

Rink, W.J. and Odom, A.L. (1991) Natural Alpha Recoil Particle Radiation and Ionizing Radiation Sensitivities in Quartz Detected with EPR: Implications for Geochronometry.  Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements D 18: 163-173.

Rink, W.J. and Shimoyama, Y. (1991) Improved Detection of EPR Signals used in Quartz Dating: Ancient TL 9: 33-36.

Schlenoff, J.B., Rink, W.J. and Seger, L. (1992) Electrochemical Reduction of Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8 Superconductor Single Crystals. Physica C 180: 387-393.

Rink, W.J., Rendell, H., Marseglia, E.A., Luff, B.J., and Townsend, P.D. (1993) Thermoluminescence Spectra of Igneous Quartz and Hydrothermal Vein Quartz. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 20: 353-361.

Rink, W.J. (1994) Billion Year Age Dependence of Luminescence in Granitic Quartz. Radiation Measurements 23: 419-422.

Shimoyama, Y. and Rink, W.J. (1994) Vector EPR spectroscopy of the E’ signal in quartz. Advances in ESR Applications 10: 24-26.

Rink, W.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (1994) Dose Response of the ESR Dating Signal in Modern and Fossil Tooth Enamel. Radiation Measurements 23: 481-484.

Rink, W.J., Grün, R., Yalçinkaya, I., Otte, M., Taskiran, H.,  Valladas, H.,  Mercier, N., Bar-Yosef, O., Koslowski, J., Schwarcz, H.P. (1994) ESR Dating of the Last Interglacial Mousterian at Karaïn Cave, Southern Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science 21, 839-849.

Rink, W.J., Matthias, H.G. and Schlenoff, J.B. (1994) Hermetic Sample Housing for X-ray Diffraction Studies. Journal of Applied Crystallography 27: 666-668. US Patent granted.

Rink, W.J., Rhodes, E.J. and Grün, R. (1994) Thermoluminescence from Igneous and Natural Hydrothermal Quartz: Dose Response after Optical Bleaching. Radiation Measurements 23: 159-173. 

Brooks, A.S., Cramer, J.S., Franklin, A., Heinzelin, J., Helgren, D.M., Hornyak, W., Keating, J.M., Klein, R.G., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H., Leith Smith, J.N., Stewart, K., Todd, N., Verniers, J. & Yellen, J. (1995) Dating and context of three middle stone age sites with bone points in the Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire. Science 268: 548-553.

Huang, W.,  Ciochon, R., Gu, Y., Larick, R., Fang, Q., Yonge, C., de Vos, J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J (1995) Earliest hominids and artifacts from Asia: Longgupo Cave, Central China.  Nature. 378: 275-278.

Poolton, N.R.J., Bøtter-Jensen, L. and Rink, W.J. (1995) An optically stimulated luminescence study of flint related to radiation dosimetry. Radiation Measurements 24: 551-555.

Rink, W.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (1995) Tests for diagenesis in tooth enamel: ESR dating signals and carbonate contents. Journal of Archaeological Science 22: 251-255.

Rink, W. J,  Schwarcz, H. P.,  Smith, F. H., and Radovcic, J. (1995) ESR Dating of Krapina Hominids. Nature 378: 24.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Cabrera Valdés, V., Bernaldo de Quiros, F. and Hoyos, M. (1996) ESR dating of tooth enamel: comparison with AMS 14C at El Castillo Cave, Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science 23: 945-951.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Stuart, A. J., Lister, A., Marseglia, E., and Brennan, B.J. (1996) ESR dating of the Type Cromerian Fresh Water Bed at West Runton, U.K. , Quaternary Geochronology (Quaternary Science Reviews) 15: 727-738.

Rink, W. J., Schwarcz, H.P. Valoch, and Stringer, C.B. (1996) Dating of the Neanderthal site of Kulna, Czech Republic. Journal of Archaeological Science 23: 889-902.

Swisher, C.C. III, Rink, W.J., Antón, S C., Schwarcz, H.P., Curtis, G.H., Suprijo, A., and Widiasmoro, (1996) Latest Homo erectus of Java: potential contemporaneity with Homo sapiens  in Southeast Asia. Science 274: 1870-1874.
 
Toyoda, S., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Ikeya, M. (1996) Formation of E'1 precursors in quartz: applications to dosimetry and dating. International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes 47: 1393-1398.

Wanpo, H., Yumin, G., Ciochon, R., Larick, R., Qiren, F., de Vos, J., Schwarcz, H., Rink, W.J. and Yonge, C. (1996) Reply to: Schwartz, J.H. and Tattersall, I. Whose teeth? Nature 381, 201-202.

Avery, G. Cruz-Uribe, K., Goldberg, P., Grine, F.E., Klein, R.G., Marean, C.W., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Thackeray, A.I. and Wilson, M.L. (1997) The 1992-1993 Excavations at the Die Kelders Middle and Late Stone Age Cave Site, South Africa. Journal of Field Archaeology 24, 263-291.  

Borziac, I.A., Allsworth-Jones, P., French, C.A.I., Medyanik, S.I. and Rink, W.J. (1997) The Upper Palaeolithic site of Cuintu on the Middle Pruth: a multidisciplinary study and reinterpretation. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 16, 1-17.

Brennan, B.J., Rink, W.J., McGuirl, E.L., Schwarcz, H.P. and Prestwich, W.V. (1997) Beta Doses in tooth enamel by "One-Group" theory and the ROSY ESR dating software. Radiation Measurements 27, 307-314. 

Brennan, B.J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (1997) Simulation of the gamma radiation field in lumpy environments. Radiation Measurements 27, 299-305.

Lee, H.K., Rink, W.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (1997) Comparison of ESR signal dose responses in modern and fossil tooth enamels. Radiation Measurements 27, 405-411.  

Marks, A.E, Demidenko, Yu.E., Monigal, K., Usik, V.I., Ferring, C.R., Burke, A., Rink, W.J., and McKinney, C. (1997) Starosele: New excavations, new and different results. Current Anthropology 37, 112-123.  

Monigal, K., Marks, A.E., Demidenko, Yu. E., Usik, V.I., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Ferring, C.R. and McKinney, C. (1997) Nouvelles decouvertes de restes humains au site Paleolithique Moyen de Starosele, Crimee (Ukraine). European Prehistory 11, pp. 11-32.

Rees-Jones, J., Hall, S.J.B. and Rink, W.J. (1997) A laboratory inter-comparison of quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) results. Quaternary Geochronology (Quaternary Science Reviews) 16, 275-280.  

Rink, W.J. (1997) Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating and ESR applications in Quaternary Science and Archaeometry. Radiation Measurements 27, 975-1025.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Lee, H.K., Cabrera Valdés, V., Bernaldo de Quiros, F. and Hoyos, M. (1997) ESR dating of Mousterian Levels at El Castillo Cave, Cantabria, Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science 24, 593-600.  

Swisher, C.C. III, Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Antón, S.C. (1997). Response to Grün, R. and Thorne A. Dating the Ngandong Humans. Science 276, 1575-1576.

Rink, W.J. (1998) Quartz as a light-sensitive indicator of sediment transport in coastal processes. Journal of Coastal Research, 15, 148-154.

Rink W.J. and Hunter, V.A. (1998) Densities of modern and fossil dental tissues: significance to ESR dating of tooth enamel. Ancient TL 15, 20-28.

Rink, W.J., Lee, H.K., Rees-Jones,  J. and Goodger, K.A. (1998) Electron spin resonance (ESR) and mass spectrometric U-series dating of teeth in Crimean Palaeolithic sites: Starosele, Kabazi II and Kabazi V. In Marks, A.E. and Chabai, V.P. (eds) The Middle Paleolithic of the Crimea. pp. 323-340. ERAUL, Liège.

Schwarcz H.P. and Rink W.J. (1998) Progress in ESR and U-series chronology of the Levantine Paleolithic. In  First Edition Akazawa, T., Aoki, K. & Bar-Yosef, O.  Neanderthals and Modern Humans in West Asia.  Pp. 57-66 Plenum Press, New York.

Yang, Q., Rink, W.J. and Brennan, B. (1998)  Experimental determination of beta attenuation in planar dose geometry and applications to ESR dating of tooth enamel. Radiation Measurements, 29, 663-671.

Brennan, B. J. Rink, W. J., Rule, E. M., Schwarcz, H. P. and Prestwich, W. V. (1999)  The Rosy ESR Dating Program.  Ancient TL 17, 45-53.

Julig, P., Long, D.G.F., Schroeder, B., Rink, W.J., Richter, D., and Schwarcz, H.P. (1999) Geoarchaeology and new research at Jerf al-Ajla Cave. Geoarchaeology, 14:821-848.

Rink, W.J., Toyoda, S., Rees-Jones, J.  and Schwarcz, H.P. (1999)  Thermal activation of OSL as a geothermometer for quartz grain heating during fault movements.  Radiation Measurements, 30, 97-105.

Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (1999)  ESR dating of the Die Kelders Site.  Journal of Human Evolution 38, 121-128.

Brennan, B.J., Marsh, R.E., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Prestwich, W.V. (2000) Alpha and beta gradients in tooth enamel. Radiation Measurements 32, 759-765.

Marsh, R.E. and Rink, W.J. (2000) Beta-gradient isochron dating of tooth enamel layers using ESR. Radiation Measurements 32, 567-570.

Rees-Jones, J., Rink, W. J., and Norris, R. J. (2000) Optical dating of raised coastal sediments on the Akatore Fault, near-Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.

Richter, D., Waiblinger,  J., Rink, W. J. and Wagner, G. A. (2000) TL, ESR and  14C Dating of the Late Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site of GeiBenklosterle Cave, Southern Germany, Journal of Archaeological Science 27, 71-89.

Toyoda, S., Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Rees-Jones, J. (2000) Crushing effects on TL and OSL on quartz: Relevance to fault dating. Radiation Measurements 32, 667-672.

Bartoll,  J., Rink, W.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (2001) ESR signals from clusters of iron ions as indicators of the  thermal history of fault gouge. Applied Magnetic Resonance 20.

Bartoll, J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (2001) ESR studies of E’ centers in geological flint. Radiation Measurements 33, 893-898

Rink, W.J. and Pieper, K.D. (2001) Quartz thermoluminescence in a storm deposit and a welded beach ridge. Quaternary Science Reviews (Quaternary Geochronology) 20, 815-820.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Lee, H.K., Rees-Jones, J., Rabinovich, R. and Hovers, E. (2001) Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization  mass spectrometric (TIMS) 230Th/234U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel. Geoarchaeology 16, 701-717.

Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (2001) Skinflint dating.  Quaternary Science Reviews Quaternary Geochronology) 20, 1047-1050.

Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (2001) Dating methods for sediments of caves and rockshelters. Geoarchaeology 16, 355-371.

Toyoda, S., Rink, W.J., Yonezawa, C., Matsue, H., and Kagami, T. (2001) In situ production of alpha particles and alpha recoil particles in quartz applied to ESR studies of oxygen vacancies. Quaternary Science Reviews (Quaternary Geochronology) 20, 1057- 1061.

Bartoll, J. and Rink, W.J. (2002) ESR Studies of Authigenic Apatite Veins from Tabun Cave, Israel. Advances in ESR Applications 18, 1-4.

Bartoll, J., Schwarcz, H.P. and Rink, W.J. (2002) ESR of E’ centres in unstrained geological quartz grains. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 57, 491-496

Richter, D., Schroeder, H.B., Rink, W.J., Julig, P.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (2002) The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Levant and new thermoluminescence dates for a Late Mousterian assemblage from Jerf Al-Ajla Cave (Syria). PalJorient 27, 29-46.

Rink, W.J., Karavaniƒ, I., Pettitt, P.B., van der Plicht, J., Smith, F.H. and Bartoll, J. (2002) ESR and AMS 14C dating of Mousterian levels at Mujina Peƒina, Dalmatia, Croatia. Journal of Archaeological Science 29, 943-952.

Soressi, M. Armand, D., d’Errico, F., Jones, H.L., Pubert, D., Rink, W. J., Texier, J.P. and Vivent, D. (2002) Pech-de-l'Azé I (Carsac, Dordogne): nouveaux travaux sur le MoustJrien de tradition acheulJenne. Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Francaise 99, 5-11.

Tsukamoto, S., Asahi, K., Watanabe, T. and Rink, W.J. (2002) Timing of past glaciations in Kanchenjunga Himal, Nepal by optically-stimulated luminescence dating of tills. Quaternary International 97-98, 57-67.

Forrest, B., Rink, W.J., Bicho, N. and Ferring, R. (2003) OSL ages and possible bioturbation signals at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Lagoa do Bordoal, Algarve, Portugal. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 1279-1285.

Khan, R.F.H., Rink, W.J. and Boreham, D.R. (2003) Dosimetric response evaluation of tooth enamel for accelerator-based neutron radiation. Radiation Measurements 37, 355-363.

Marsh, R.E., Prestwich, W.V., Rink, W.J. and Brennan, B.J. (2002) Monte Carlo determinations of the beta dose rate to tooth enamel. Radiation Measurements 35, 609-616..

Rink, W.J. (2003) Thermoluminescence of quartz and feldspar sand grains as a tracer of nearshore environmental prcoesses in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Coastal Research 19, 723-730.

Rink, W.J. , Bartoll, J., Goldberg, P. and Ronen, A. (2003) ESR dating of archaeologically relevant authigenic terrestrial apatite veins from Tabun Cave, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 30, 1127-1138.

Rink, W.J., Kandel, A.W. and Conard, N.J. (2002) ESR Geochronology and Geology of the Open-Air Paleolithic Deposits in Bollschweil, Germany. Archaeometry 44, 635-650.

Rink, W.J., Richter, D., Marks, A.E., Schwarcz, H.P. and Kaufman, D. (2003) Age of the Middle Palaeolithic Site of Rosh Ein Mor, Central Negev, Israel: Implications for the age range of the Early Levantine Mousterian of the Levantine Corridor. Journal of Archaeological Science 30, 195-204.

Tsukamoto, S., Rink, W.J. and Watanuki, T. (2003) OSL of tephric loess and volcanic quartz in Japan and an alternative procedure for estimating De from a fast OSL component. Radiation Measurements. 37, 459-465.

Wrinn, P.J., Rink, W.J. (2003) ESR dating of tooth enamel from Aterian levels at Mugharet el ‘Aliya, (Tangier, Morocco). Journal of Archaeological Science 30, 123-133.

Khan, R.F.H., Boreham D. and Rink, W.J.  (2003) Quantification of low dose signal in EPR tooth enamel dosimetry – a novel approach. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 103, 359-362.

Rink, W.J. (2003) Electron Spin Resonance and Luminescent Dating: Principles and Applications. Physics in Canada (Feature Article) 59, 269-274.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Ronen, A. and Tsatskin, A. (2004) Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 15-20.

Khan, R.F.H., Rink, W.J. and Boreham, D. (2003) Biophysical dose measurement using electron paramagnetic resonance in rodent teeth. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 59, 189-196.

Trinkhaus, E., Marks, A.E., Brugal, J.-P., Bailey, S.E., Rink, W.J. and Richter, D. (2003) Later Middle Pleistocene human remains from the Almonda Karstic system, Torres Novas, Portugal. Journal of Human Evolution 45, 219-226.

Jones, H.L., Rink, W.J., Schepartz, L.A., Miller-Antonio, S., Huang, W. and Ellwood, B.B. (2004) Coupled electron spin resonance (ESR)/uranium-series dating of mammallian tooth enamel at Panxian Dadong, Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Archaeological Science 31,  975-977.

Khan, R.F.H., Aslam, Rink, W.J. and Boreham, D.R. (2004) Electron paramagnetic resonance dose response studies for neutron irradiated human teeth. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B225, 528-534.

Morwood, J.J., Soejono, R.P., Roberts, R.G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C.S.M., Westaway, K.E., Rink, W.J., Zhao, J.-x., van den Bergh, G.D., Rokus Awe Due, Hobbs, D.R., Moore, M.W., Bird, M.I. and Fifield, L.K. (2004) Archaeology and age of new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature 431, 1087-1091.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Weiner, S., Goldberg, P., Meignen, L., and Bar-Yosef, O. (2004) Age of the Mousterian industry at Hayonim Cave, Northern Israel, using electron spin resonance and 230Th/234U methods. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 953-964.

Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Ronen, A. and Tsatskin, A. (2004) Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 15-20.

Rink, W.J. and Bartoll, J. (2005) Dating the geometric Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert. Antiquity 79, 390-401

Rink, W.J. and Schwarcz, H.P. (2005) Short Contribution: ESR and uranium series dating of teeth from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Gesher Benot Ya ‘aqov, Israel: confirmation of palaeomagnetic age indications. Geoarchaeology 20, 57-66.

Rink, W.J. and Forrest, B. (2005) Dating evidence for the accretion history of beach ridges on Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 21, 1000-1009.

Khan, R.F., Pekar, J., Rink, W.J. and Boreham, D.R. (2005) Retrospective radiation dosimetry using electron paramagnetic resonance in canine dental enamel. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 62, 173-179.

Edouard G. Reinhardt, Beverly N. Goodman, Joe I. Boyce, Gloria Lopez, Peter van Hengstum, W. Jack Rink, Yossi Mart, Avner Raban (2006) The tsunami of 13 December A.D. 115 and the destruction of Herod the Great’s harbor at Caesarea Maritima, Israel. Geology v. 34,  p. 1061–1064.

K.E. Westaway, M.J. Morwood, R.G. Roberts, J.-x. Zhao, T. Sutikna, E.W. Saptomo, W.J. Rink  (2006) Establishing the time of initial human occupation of Liang Bua, Western Flores, Indonesia. Quaternary Geochronology.

  López, G.I., and Rink, W.J. (2007) Characteristics of the burial
environment related to Quartz SAR-OSL dating at St. Vincent Island, NW Florida, U.S.A. Quaternary Geochronology 2, 65-70.

Thompson, J.W. and Rink, W.J. and López, G.I . (2007) Optically-stimulated luminescence age of the Old Cedar midden, St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, Florida. Quaternary Geochronology 2, 350-355.

Soressi, M., Jones, H.L., Rink, W.J., Maureille, B., Tillier, A.-m. (2007) The Pech-de-l'Azé I Neandertal child: ESR, uranium-series, and AMS 14C dating of  its MTA type B context. Journal Of Human Evolution 52, 455-466.

Rink, W.J.,Bartoll, J., Schwarcz, H.P., Shane, P. and Bar-Yosef, O. (2007). Testing the reliability of ESR dating of optically-exposed buried quartz sediments. Radiation Measurements 42:1618-1626.

Rink, W.J, Wei, W., Bekken, D. and Jones, H.L. (2008) Geochronology of Ailuropoda–Stegodon fauna and Gigantopithecus in Guangxi Province, southern China. Quaternary Research 69:377-387.
    
López, G.I., and Rink, W.J. (2008) New Quartz-OSL ages for Beach Ridges on the St. Vincent Island Holocene Strandplain, Florida, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research 24:49-62.

M. Domınguez-Rodrigo, A. Mabulla, L. Luque, J.W. Thompson, J. Rink, P. Bushozi, F. Dı´ez-Martin, L. Alcala (2008) A new archaic Homo sapiens fossil from Lake Eyasi, Tanzania. Journal of Human Evolution 54. 899-903.

Adler, D.S., Bar-Yosef, O., Belfer-Cohen, A., Tushabramashvilli, N., Boaretto, E., Mercier, N., Valladas, H. and Rink, W.J. (2008) Dating the demise: Neandertal extinction and the establishment of modern humans in the southern Caucasus. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 817-833.

K. Zen Keizars, Beth M. Forrest, and W. Jack Rink (2008) Natural Residual Thermoluminescence as a Method of Analysis of Sand Transport along the Coast of the St. Joseph Peninsula, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research 24, 500-507.

R.G. Roberts, K.E. Westaway, J.-x. Zhao, C.S.M. Turney, M.I. Bird, W.J. Rink, L.K. Fifield (2009)
Geochronology of cave deposits at Liang Bua and of adjacent river terraces in the Wae Racang valley, western Flores, Indonesia: a synthesis of age estimates for the type locality of Homo floresiensis. Journal of Human Evolution 57, 484–502.

Thompson, J.W., Abu Atiya, I., Rink, W.J., & Boreham, D., 2009.  Potential use of wallboard (drywall) for EPR retrospective dosimetry.  Radiation Measurements 44, 243-248.

Burdette, K.E., Rink, W. J., Means, H. and Portell, R.W. (2009) Optical Dating of the Anastasia Formation, Northeastern Florida, USA. Southeastern Geology 46, 173-185.

Rink, W.J. and Reinhardt, E.G., 2008, Optical Luminescence Dating of Sediments from Herod's Harbor, Caesarea, Israel. In In Caesarea Reports and Studies, Holum, K., Stabler, and E. Reinhardt, (eds.) BAR International Series 1784, Oxford, UK, pp 183-189.

Burdette, K., Rink, W.J., Mallinson, D.J., Parham, P.R., Reinhardt, E.G.  (2010) Geologic Investigation and Optical Dating  of the Merritt Island Sand Ridge Sequence, Eastern Florida, USA. Southeastern Geology 47 (4), 175-190

Liberda, J.L., Thompson, J., Rink, W.J. Bernaldo de Quirós, F., Jayaraman, R., Selvaretinam, K., Chanellor-Maddison, K., & Volterra, V. (2010) ESR dating of tooth enamel in Mousterian level 20, El Castillo, Spain. Geoarchaeology 25, 467-474.

Rink, W.J. and López, G.I. (2010) OSL-Based Lateral Progradation and Aeolian Sediment Accumulation Rates for the Apalachicola Barrier Island Complex, North Gulf of Mexico, Florida. Geomorphology 123, 330-342.

Jeroen W. Thompson1, Kevin E. Burdettte, Elizabeth L. Inrig, Regina DeWitt, Rajesh Mistry, W. Jack Rink, Douglas R. Boreham. (2010) Optically-Stimulated Luminscence Dosimetry with Gypsum Wallboard (Drywall) Radiation Protection Dosimetry 141, 1-9.

Zeitoun, V., Lenoble, A., Laudet, F., Winayalai, C., Thompson, J., & Rink, W., (2010). The Cave of the Monk (Ban Fa Suai, Chiang Dao wildlife sanctuary, northern Thailand) Quaternary International 220, 160-173.

Mistry, Rajesh; Thompson, Jeroen; Boreham, Douglas; Rink, W. Jack (2011) Single aliquot EPR dosimetry of wallboard (drywall) Radiation Protection Dosimetry 147, 512-516.

Turq, A., Dibble, H.L., Goldberg, P., McPherron, S., Sandgathe, D., Jones, H.L., Maddison, K., Maurielle, B., Mentzer, S. Rink, W.J. Steenhuyse (2012) Les Fouilles Recentes du Pech de L'Azé IV (Dordogne). Gallia Prehistoire 53.

Burdette, K., Rink, W.J., Lopez, G.I., Mallinson, D., Parham, P., Reinhardt, E. (2012) Geologic Investigation and Optical Dating of the Biloxi and Gulfport Formations near Apalachicola, Northwest Florida. Sedimentology 59, 1836-1849.

Burdette, K., Rink, W.J., Mallinson, D., Means, G., Parham, P. (in press, 2012, published Jan 2013) Electron Spin Resonance Optical Dating of Marine, Estuarine, and Aeolian Sediments in Florida, USA. Quaternary Research 79, 66-74.

Parham, P.R., Riggs, S.R., Culber, S.J., Mallinson, D.J., Rink, W.J., Wehmiller, J.F., Burdette, K.E. Quaternary coastal lithofacies, depositional environments, and sequence development in a passive margin setting, North Carolina and Virginia, USA. Sedimentology 5 NOV 2012, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01349.x

Rink, W.J., Dunbar, J.S., Burdette, K.E. (2012) The Wakulla Springs Lodge Site (WA 329): 2008 Excavations and new OSL dating evidence. Florida Anthropologist 65, 5-23.

Rink, W.J., Dunbar, J., Doran, G., Fredrick, C., Gregory, B. (2012) Geoarchaeological Investigations and OSL Dating Evidence in an Archaic and Palaeoindian Context at Helen Blazes Site (8BR27), Brevard County, Florida. Florida Anthropologist 65, 87-107.

W. Jack Rink,  James S. Dunbar, Walter R. Tschinkel, Christina Kwapich, Andrea Repp, William Stantondand David K. Thulman  (2012, published online) Subterranean transport and deposition of quartz by ants in sandy sites relevant to age overestimation in optical luminescence dating. Journal of Archaeological Science. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.006

William J. Rink, Norbert Mercier, Dušan Mihailović, Mike W. Morley, Jeroen W. Thompson, Mirjana Roksandic (2012, in press). New radiometric ages for the BH-1 hominin from Balanica (Serbia) : Implications for understanding the role of the Balkans in Middle Pleistocene human evolution. PLOS ONE. Accepted Dec 14, 2012. Projected publication date with press release February 6, 2013.

C. Mazo, P. Utrilla, F. Blasco, J. Mandado, T. Torres, E. Ortiz and W.J. Rink. (2012, in press) El nivel musteriense de la cueva de Abauntz (Arraitz, Navarra) y su aportación al debate “vasconiense”. Submitted to Revista Mainake, Málaga. Número monográfico sobre el Musteriense.

López, G.I., Rink., W.J. and White, N.M.  (In review, 2012) Optical Dating of an Ancient Coastal Occupation Site and Underlying Land on the Northwest Gulf Coast of Florida, near Apalachicola,  U.S.A. Geoarchaeology.

López, G.I., Hermelin, M., García, C., Sierra, G.M., Toro, G.E., and Rink, W.J. (In review, 2012) Evaluation of the Evolution of a High Elevation Plateau in the Northern Central Cordillera of the Andes, Colombia, South America: First Optical Ages and Preliminary Results.  Geomorphology

Liberda, J., Rink, W.J. and Boreham, D.R. (in revision, 2012) Development of a dual purpose synthetic quartz oscillator/optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeter. Radiation Measurements.


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