Airborne and vehicular gamma ray surveys.
Environmental radioactivity.
Luminescence dating: Thermoluminescence and Photostimulated luminescence.
Detection of irradiated food.
Archaeological sciences.
- Spooner, N.A., Smith, B.W. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2025) Martin Jim Aitken. 11 March 1922 - 13 June 2017. Elected FRS 1983. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, (Accepted for Publication).
- Doran, Hannah R. , Brown, Christopher S. , Kolo, Isa , Falcone, Gioia and Sanderson, David C.W. (2025) Modelling a novel technique to remove excess decay heat from a geological disposal facility using a closed-loop geothermal system. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 57, 103090. doi: 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103090.
- Carling, Paul A., Tada, Toshihiro, Tada, Ryuji, Songtham, Wickanet, Cresswell, Alan J. , Sanderson, David C.W. , Porat, Naomi, Duangkrayom, Jaroon, Darby, Stephen E. and Chansom, Praphas (2024) Regionally extensive ejecta layer of the Australasian tektite strewn field: the MIS 19/20 large meteorite impact in mainland South-East Asia. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 11, 58. doi: 10.1186/s40645-024-00660-9.
- Bench, Tristan, Sanderson, David and Feathers, James (2024) Observing impacts on luminescence depth profile evolutions from surface altered quartzite using OSL laser scanning and controlled light exposed rock sampling techniques. Quaternary Geochronology, 83, 101600.doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101600.
- Staff, R. A. et al. (2024) A luminescence-derived cryptostratigraphy from the Lake Suigetsu sedimentary profile, Japan: 45,000–30,200 IntCal20yr BP. Quaternary Geochronology, 83, 101588.doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101588.
- Roman, M. et al. (2024) The Late-Holocene deglaciation of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula: OSL and 14C-dated multi-proxy sedimentary record from Monolith Lake. Quaternary Science Reviews, 333, 108693. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108693.
- Alghamdi, H.M.S., Sanderson, D.C.W. , Cresswell, A.J. and Fitzgerald, S. (2024) Radiological or nuclear emergency OSL dosimetry using commonplace salt. Radiation Measurements, 174, 107141.doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107141.
- Palczewski, P. et al. (2024) Testing emergency radiation doses by metastable TL peaks in quartz - preliminary investigations. Radiation Measurements, 174, 107128.doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2024.107128.
- Spencer, Joel Q.G. , Sanderson, David C.W. , Rader, Mikaela, Fitzgerald, Scott K., Rex, Charlie , Sprynskyy, Myroslav and Staff, Richard A. (2024) Luminescence and thermometry studies of plant opal phytoliths. Quaternary Geochronology, 82, 101544.doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101544.
- Stone, A., Bateman, M.D., Sanderson, D. , Burrough, S.L., Cutts, R. and Cresswell, A. (2024) Probing sediment burial age, provenance and geomorphic processes in dryland dunes and lake shorelines using portable luminescence data. Quaternary Geochronology, 82, 101542.doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101542.
- Muñoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Castillo, Miguel, De Pablo, Nuria, Palacios, David, Sanderson, David and Cresswell, Alan (2024) Mid to late holocene alluvial fans activity at the southern sector of sierra de gredos in central Spain: Climate literature review, OSL and topographical analysis. Quaternary International, 688, pp. 44-52. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2024.02.007.
- Scarre, Chris, Oosterbeek, Luiz, Kinnaird, Timothy Charles, Sanderson, David , Burbidge, Chris, Cardoso, Guilherme, Dias, Maria Isabel, Prudêncio, Maria Isabel and Caple, Chris (2024) Cabeço dos Pendentes (Mação, Portugal): OSL dating of an enigmatic monument. Revista Portuguesa de Arqueologia, 26-27, pp. 31-71..
- Martin, L. , Sanderson, D. , Paling, S., Cresswell, A. and Fitzgerald, S. (2023) Quantitative beta autoradiography of a heterogeneous granulite sample and implications for luminescence dating. Radiation Measurements, 168, 107001. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2023.107001.
- Valoix, A., Munoz-Salinas, E., Castillo, M., Sanderson, D. and Cresswell, A. (2023) Understanding the landscape evolution of El Mogote barrier spit, Baja California Sur, Mexico, using OSL dating, satellite images and a multivariate analysis. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 127, 104418. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104418.
- King, A. J. et al. (2022) The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system. Science Advances, 8(46), eabq3925. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq3925.
- Alghamdi, Hamdan, Sanderson, David , Carmichael, Lorna, Cresswell, Alan and Martin, L. (2022) The use of portable OSL and IRSL measurements of NaCl in low dose assessments following a radiological or nuclear emergency. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 969829. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.969829.
- Fitzgerald, S., Sanderson, D. C. W. , Cresswell, A. J. and Martin, L. (2022) Using Infra-red stimulated luminescence and phototransferred thermoluminescence to investigate electron trapping and charge transport in feldspars. Radiation Measurements, 156, 106817. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106817.
- Rex, Charlie L. , Staff, Richard A. , Sanderson, David C.W. , Cresswell, Alan J. , Marshall, Michael H., Hyodo, Masayuki, Horiuchi, Daishi, Tada, Ryuji and Nakagawa, Takeshi (2022) Controls on luminescence signals in lake sediment cores: a study from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Quaternary Geochronology, 71, 101319. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2022.101319.
- Doran, Hannah R. , Cresswell, Alan J. , Sanderson, David C.W. and Falcone, Gioia (2022) Nuclear data evaluation for decay heat analysis of spent nuclear fuel over 1–100 k year timescale. European Physical Journal Plus, 137, 665. doi: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02865-7.
- Martin, L. , Sanderson, D. , Paling, S., Cresswell, A. and Murphy, S. (2022) Advancing dosimetry for dating environmental materials: development of an ultra-sensitive beta dosimeter system and potential for beta autoradiography. Radiation Measurements, 154, 106760. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2022.106760.
- Ghilardi, Matthieu, Kinnaird, Tim, Kouli, Katerina, Bicket, Andrew, Crest, Yannick, Demory, François, Delanghe, Doriane, Fachard, Sylvian and Sanderson, David (2022) Reconstructing the fluvial history of the Lilas river (Euboea Island, Central West Aegean Sea) from the Mycenaean times to the Ottoman period. Geosciences, 12(5), 204. doi: 10.3390/geosciences12050204.
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. , Carling, P.A. and Darby, S.E. (2022) Quartz age extension applied to SE Asian cover sands. Quaternary Geochronology, 69, 101271. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2022.101271.
- Turner, S. et al. (2021) Agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean: medieval intensification revealed by OSL profiling and dating. Antiquity, 95(381), pp. 773-790. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2020.187.
- Munyikwa, Kennedy, Kinnaird, Tim C. and Sanderson, David C.W. (2021) The potential of portable luminescence readers in geomorphological investigations: a review. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(1), pp. 131-150. doi: 10.1002/esp.4975.
- Carter, Jack, Ickert, Ryan B. , Mark, Darren F. , Tremblay, Marissa M. , Cresswell, Alan J. and Sanderson, David C.W. (2020) Production of 40Ar by an overlooked mode of 40K decay with implications for K-Ar geochronology. Geochronology, 2, pp. 355-365. doi: 10.5194/gchron-2-355-2020.
- Castillo, M., Muñoz-Salinas, E., Sanderson, David and Cresswell, Alan (2020) Landscape evolution of Punta Arena sand spit (SE Baja California Peninsula, NW Mexico): Implications of ENSO on landscape erosion rates. CATENA, 193, 104601. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104601.
- Muñoz-Salinas, E., Castillo, M., Franco-Ramos, O, Arce, J. L., Sanderson, D. C. W. and Cresswell, A. C. (2020) Assessing paraglacial processes at Nexpayantla Gorge (Popocatépetl volcano, Central Mexico) using OSL and 14C. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(11), pp. 2450-2462. doi: 10.1002/esp.4890.
- Pears, Ben, Brown, Anthony G., Toms, Philip S., Wood, Jamie, Sanderson, David and Jones, Richard (2020) A sub-centennial-scale optically stimulated luminescence chronostratigraphy and late Holocene flood history from a temperate river confluence. Geology, 48(8), pp. 819-825 doi: 10.1130/G47079.1.
- Preston, John, Sanderson, David , Kinnaird, Timothy, Newton, Anthony, Nitter, Marianne, Coolen, Joris, Mehler, Natascha and Dugmore, Andrew (2020) Dynamic beach response to changing storminess of Unst, Shetland: implications for landing places exploited by Norse communities. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 15(2), pp. 153-178. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2018.1555193.
- Píšková, A. et al. (2019) Late-Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes at Lake Esmeralda (Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula) based on a multi-proxy analysis of laminated lake sediment. Holocene, 29(7), pp. 1155-1175. doi: 10.1177/0959683619838033.
- Cresswell, Alan J. , Sanderson, David C.W. and Carter, John (2019) Review of nuclear data for naturally occurring radionuclides applied to environmental applications. European Physical Journal Plus, 134(2), 69. doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12437-1.
- Kinnaird, Tim, Dawson, Tom, Sanderson, David , Hamilton, Derek , Cresswell, Alan and Rennell, Rebecca (2019) Chronostratigraphy of an eroding complex Atlantic round house, Baile Sear, Scotland. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 14(1), pp. 46-60. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2017.1368744.
- Munyikwa, K., Lindemann, R., Wondrasek, R., Kinnaird, T.C. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2019) Temporal constraints for Holocene geomorphic evolution at an archeological site near Hardisty, east-central Alberta: hunter gatherer interactions with the landscape on the northern Plains. Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 43(1).
- Carter, J., Cresswell, A.J. , Kinnaird, T.C., Carmichael, L.A., Murphy, S. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2018) Non-Poisson variations in photomultipliers and implications for luminescence dating. Radiation Measurements, 120, pp. 267-273. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.05.010.
- Cresswell, A.J. , Carter, J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2018) Dose rate conversion parameters: assessment of nuclear data. Radiation Measurements, 120, pp. 195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.02.007.
- French, Charles, Taylor, Sean, McLaughlin, Rowan, Cresswell, Alan , Kinnaird, Tim, Sanderson, David , Stoddart, Simon and Malone, Caroline (2018) A Neolithic palaeo-catena for the Xagħra Upper Coralline Limestone plateau of Gozo, Malta, and its implications for past soil development and land use. CATENA, 171, pp. 337-358. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.07.039.
- Muñoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Castillo, Miguel, Sanderson, David C.W. and Cresswell, Alan (2018) First luminescence geochronology of the beach-dune ridges of Nayarit strand-plain (west-central Mexico). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 88, pp. 642-648. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2018.08.003.
- Sanderson, David (2018) Martin J. Aitken (1922-2017). Quaternary Newsletter, 145, pp. 4-17..
- Schmidt, C. et al. (2018) How reproducible are kinetic parameter constraints of quartz luminescence? An interlaboratory comparison for the 110 °C TL peak. Radiation Measurements, 110, pp. 14-24. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.01.002.
- Cresswell, Alan J. , Sanderson, David C.W. and Yamaguchi, Katsuhiko (2018) Assessment of the calibration of gamma spectrometry systems in forest environments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 181, pp. 70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.10.019.
- Kreutzer, Sebastien, Friedrich, Johannes, Sanderson, David , Adamiec, Gregorz, Chruscinska, Alicja, Fasoli, Mauro, Martini, Marco, Polymeris, George S., Burbidge, Christopher I. and Schmidt, Christoph (2017) Les sables de Fontainebleau: a natural quartz reference sample and its characterisation. Ancient TL, 35(2), pp. 21-31..
- Munoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Castillo, Miguel, Sanderson, David and Kinnaird, Timothy (2017) Geochronology and landscape evolution of the strand-plain of the Usumacinta and Grijalva rivers, southern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 79, pp. 394-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2017.08.021.
- Xu, S. et al. (2016) Radiocarbon releases from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. Scientific Reports, 6, 36947. doi: 10.1038/srep36947.
- Xu, Sheng, Cook, Gordon T. , Cresswell, Alan J. , Dunbar, Elaine , Freeman, Stewart P.H.T. , Hou, Xiaolin, Kinch, Helen , Naysmith, Philip , Sanderson, David W.C. and Zhang, Luyuan (2016) Carbon, cesium and iodine isotopes in Japanese cedar 1 leaves from Iwaki, Fukushima. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 310(2), pp. 927-934. doi: 10.1007/s10967-016-4830-5.
- Sanderson, D.C.W , Cresswell, A.J. , Tamura, K., Iwasaka, T. and Matsuzaki, K. (2016) Evaluating remediation of radionuclide contaminated forest near Iwaki, Japan, using radiometric methods. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 162-63, pp. 118-128. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.05.019.
- Xu, S. et al. (2016) 14C levels in the vicinity of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant prior to the 2011 accident. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 157, pp. 90-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.03.013.
- Muñoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Castillo, Miguel, Sanderson, David , Kinnaird, Timothy and Cruz-Zaragoza, Epifanio (2016) Using three different approaches of OSL for the study of young fluvial sediments at the coastal plain of the Usumacinta–Grijalva River Basin, southern Mexico. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(6), pp. 823-834. doi: 10.1002/esp.3880.
- Xu, Sheng, Zhang, Luyuan, Freeman, Stewart P.H.T. , Hou, Xiaolin, Watanabe, Akira, Sanderson, David C.W. , Cresswell, Alan and Yamaguchi, Katsuhiko (2016) Iodine isotopes in precipitation: Four-year time series variations before and after 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 155-56, pp. 38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.02.011.
- Buchanan, E., Cresswell, A.J. , Seitz, B. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2016) Operator related attenuation effects in radiometric surveys. Radiation Measurements, 86, pp. 24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.12.029.
- Palamakumbura, Romesh N., Robertson, Alastair H.F., Kinnaird, Tim C. and Sanderson, David C.W. (2016) Sedimentary development and correlation of Late Quaternary terraces in the Kyrenia Range, northern Cyprus, using a combination of sedimentology and optical luminescence data. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105(1), pp. 439-462. doi: 10.1007/s00531-015-1173-3.
- Xu, Sheng, Zhang, Luyuan, Freeman, Stewart P.H.T. , Hou, Xiaolin, Yamaguchi, Katsuhiko, Cresswell, Alan J. and Sanderson, David C.W. (2016) 129I and 137Cs in groundwater in the vicinity of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Geochemical Journal, 50(3), pp. 287-291. doi: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0414.
- Ghilardi, Matthieu, Sanderson, David , Kinnaird, Tim, Bickett, Andrew, Balossino, Simone, Parisot, Jean-Claude, Hermitte, Daniel, Guibal, Frédéric and Fleury, Jules T. (2015) Dating the bridge at Avignon (south France) and reconstructing the Rhone River fluvial palaeo-landscape in Provence from medieval to modern times. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 4, pp. 336-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.10.002.
- Kinnaird, Tim C., Sanderson, David C.W. and Bigelow, Gerald F. (2015) Feldspar SARA IRSL dating of very low dose rate aeolian sediments from Sandwick South, Unst, Shetland. Quaternary Geochronology, 30(Part B), pp. 168-174. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.019.
- Xu, Sheng, Cook, Gordon T. , Cresswell, Alan J. , Dunbar, Elaine , Freeman, Stewart P.H.T. , Hastie, Helen, Hou, Xiaolin, Jacobsson, Piotr , Naysmith, Philip and Sanderson, David C.W. (2015) Radiocarbon concentration in modern tree rings from Fukushima, Japan. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 146, pp. 67-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.04.004.
- Xu, Sheng, Zhang, Luyuan, Freeman, Stewart P.H.T. , Hou, Xiaolin, Shibata, Yasuyuki, Sanderson, David , Cresswell, Alan , Doi, Taeko and Tanaka, Atsushi (2015) Speciation of radiocesium and radioiodine in Aarosols from Tsukuba after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(2), pp. 1017-1024. doi: 10.1021/es504431w.
- King, Georgina E., Sanderson, David C.W. , Robinson, Ruth A.J. and Finch, Adrian A. (2014) Understanding processes of sediment bleaching in glacial settings using a portable OSL reader. Boreas, 43(4), pp. 955-972. doi: 10.1111/bor.12078.
- Muñoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Bishop, Paul, Sanderson, David and Kinnaird, Timothy (2014) Using OSL to assess hypotheses related to the impacts of land use change with the early nineteenth century arrival of Europeans in south-eastern Australia: an exploratory case study from Grabben Gullen Creek, New South Wales. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39(12), pp. 1576-1586. doi: 10.1002/esp.3542.
- Mccay, Alistair , Harley, Thomas, Younger, Paul , Sanderson, David and Cresswell, Alan (2014) Gamma-ray spectrometry in geothermal exploration: state of the art techniques. Energies, 7(8), pp. 4757-4780. doi: 10.3390/en7084757.
- Coningham, R.A.E., Acharya, K.P., Strickland, K.M., Davis, C.E., Manuel, M.J., Simpson, I.A., Gilliland, K., Tremblay, J., Kinnaird, T.C. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2013) The earliest Buddhist shrine: excavating the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal). Antiquity, 87(338), pp. 1104-1123..
- Muñoz-Salinas, Esperanza, Castillo, Miguel, Sanderson, David and Kinnaird, TiM (2013) Unraveling paraglacial activity on Sierra de Gredos, Central Spain: a study based on geomorphic markers, stratigraphy and OSL. CATENA, 110, pp. 207-214. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.018.
- Tisdall, E.W., McCulloch, R.D., Sanderson, D.C.W. , Simpson, I.A. and Woodward, N.L. (2013) Living with sand: a record of landscape change and storminess during the Bronze and Iron Ages Orkney, Scotland. Quaternary International, 308-09, pp. 205-215. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.016.
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. , Harrold, M., Kirley, B., Mitchell, C. and Weir, A. (2013) Demonstration of lightweight gamma spectrometry systems in urban environments. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 124, pp. 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.03.006.
- Gilliland, K. et al. (2013) The dry tank: development and disuse of water management infrastructure in the Anuradhapura hinterland, Sri Lanka. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(2), pp. 1012-1028. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.034.
- Kinnaird, Tim C., Dixon, John E., Robertson, Alastair H.F., Peltenburg, Edgar and Sanderson, David C.W. (2013) Insights on topography development in the Vasilikós and Dhiarizos valleys, Cyprus, from integrated OSL and landscape studies. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 13(3), pp. 49-62..
- Xu, S., Freeman, S.P.H.T. , Sanderson, D. , Shanks, R. and Wilcken, K.M. (2013) Cl can interfere with Al3+ AMS but B need not matter to Be measurement. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 294, pp. 403-405. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.01.045.
- Spencer, J.Q.G. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2012) Decline in firing technology or poorer fuel resources? High-temperature thermoluminescence (HTTL) archaeothermometry of Neolithic ceramics from Pool, Sanday, Orkney. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(12), pp. 3542-3552. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.036.
- Cresswell, A.J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2012) Evaluating airborne and ground based gamma spectrometry methods for detecting particulate radioactivity in the environment: a case study of Irish Sea beaches. Science of the Total Environment, 437, pp. 285-296. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.064.
- Bateman, M.D., Swift, D.A., Piotrowski, J.A. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2012) Investigating the effects of glacial shearing of sediment on luminescence. Quaternary Geochronology, 10, pp. 230-236. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.012.
- Munoz-Salinas, E., Bishop, P., Zamorano, J.J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2012) Sedimentological processes in lahars: insights from optically stimulated luminescence analysis. Geomorphology, 136(1), pp. 106-113. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.024.
- Kinnaird, T.C., Sanderson, D. and Woodward, N. (2012) Applying luminescence methods to geo-archaeology: a case study from Stronsay, Orkney. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences,.
- Munoz-Salinas, E., Bishop, P., Sanderson, D.C.W. and Zamorano, J.-J. (2011) Interpreting luminescence data from a portable OSL reader: three case studies in fluvial settings. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(5), pp. 651-660. doi: 10.1002/esp.2084.
- Sanderson, D.C.W. and Murphy, S. (2010) Using simple portable OSL measurements and laboratory characterization to help understand complex and heterogeneous sediment sequences for luminescence dating. Quaternary Geochronology, 5(2-3), pp. 299-305. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.001.
- Swift, D.A., Sanderson, D. , Nienow, P.W. and Bingham, R.G. (2010) Anomalous luminescence of subglacial sediment at Haut glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland - a consequence of resetting at the glacier bed? Boreas, 40(3), pp. 446-458. doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00196.x.
- Davies, A.D. and Sanderson, D. (2009) Single grain OSL analysis: a discussion of how to clean discs. Ancient TL, 27(2), pp. 47-50..
- Hodgson, D.A., Roberts, S.J., Bentley, M.J., Carmichael, E.L., Smith, J.A., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., Geissler, P., Leng, M.J. and Sanderson, D. (2009) Exploring former subglacial Hodgson Lake, Antarctica. Paper II: palaeolimnology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(23-24), pp. 2310-2325. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.014.
- Hodgson, D.A. et al. (2009) Exploring former subglacial Hodgson Lake, Antarctica Paper I: site description, geomorphology and limnology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(23-24), pp. 2295-2309. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.011.
- Cresswell, A.J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2009) The use of difference spectra with a filtered rolling average background in mobile gamma spectrometry measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 607(3), pp. 685-694. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.001.
- Roberts, S.J., Hodgson, D.A., Bentley, M.J., Sanderson, D. , Milne, G., Smith, J.A., Verleyen, E. and Balbo, A. (2009) Holocene relative sea-level change and deglaciation on Alexander iosland, Antarctic Peninsula, from elevated lake deltas. Geomorphology, 112(1-2), pp. 122-134. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.011.
- Hansom, James D. , Evans, David J.A., Sanderson, David C.W., Bingham, Robert G. and Bentley, Michael J. (2008) Constraining the age and formation of stone runs in the Falkland Islands using Optically Stimulated Luminescence. Geomorphology, 94(1-2), pp. 117-130. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.006.
- Sanderson, D.C.W. , Cresswell, A.J. and White, D.C. (2008) The effect of flight line spacing on radioactivity inventory and spatial feature characteristics of airborne gamma-ray spectrometry data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(1), pp. 31-46. doi: 10.1080/01431160701268970.
- Reinhardt, L.J., Bishop, P., Hoey, T.B. , Dempster, T.J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2007) Quantification of the transient response to base-level fall in a small mountain catchment: Sierra Nevada, southern Spain. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112, F03S05. doi: 10.1029/2006JF000524.
- Jones, R.E. , Kilikoglou, V., Olive, V. , Bassiakos, Y., Ellam, R. , Bray, I.S.J.. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2007) A new protocol for the chemical characterisation of steatite - two case studies in Europe: the Shetland Islands and Crete. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34(4), pp. 626-641. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.07.002.
- Burbidge, C.I., Sanderson, D.C.W. , Housley, R.A. and Jones, P. Allsworth (2007) Survey of Palaeolithic sites by luminescence profiling, a case study from Eastern Europe. Quaternary Geochronology, 2(1-4), pp. 296-302. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.024.
- Kinnaird, Tim, Sanderson, David C. , Burbidge, Chris and Peltenburg, Edgar (2007) OSL dating of Neolithic Kissonerga-Mylouthkia, Cyprus. Neolithics, 07(2), pp. 51-57..
- Sanderson, D.C.W. , Bishop, P., Stark, M., Alexander, S. and Penny, D. (2007) Luminescence dating of canal sediments from Angkor borei, mekong delta, southern Cambodia. Quaternary Geochronology, 2, pp. 322-329. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.05.032.
- Sanderson, D (2007) Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating Of Coastal Aeolian Sand Accumulation In Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Holocene, 17(5), pp. 657-637..
- Sommerville, AA, Hansom, JD, Housley, RA and Sanderson, DCW (2007) Optically stimulated luminescence (OSC) dating of coastal aeolian sand accumulation in Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Holocene, 17, pp. 627-637. doi: 10.1177/0959683607078987.
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. and White, D.C. (2006) 137Cs measurement uncertainties and detection limits for airborne gamma spectrometry (AGS) data analysed using a spectral windows method. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 64(2), pp. 247-253. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.07.013.
- Sanderson, D (2006) Thermoluminescence dating results, 117-122, in Dundonald Castle Excavations, 1986-1993. Scottish Archaeological Journal, 26(01-Feb).
- Sanderson, D. (2006) Monumentality in the Mekong Delta: Luminescence dating and Implications. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 26, pp. 110-120..
- Bishop, P., Sanderson, D. , Hansom, J. and Chaimanee, N. (2005) Age-dating of tsunami deposits: lessons from the 26 December 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Geographical Journal, 171(4), pp. 379-384. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2005.00175_4.x.
- Bishop, P., Sanderson, D. and Hansom, J.D. (2005) Dates for tsunamis: light on an ancient problem. Planet Earth.
- Deckers, K., Sanderson, D.C.W. and Spencer, J.Q. (2005) Short contribution: Thermoluminescence screening of non-diagnostic sherds from stream sediments to obtain a preliminary alluvial chronology: An example from Cyprus. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, 20(1), pp. 67-77. doi: 10.1002/gea.20033.
- Sanderson, D (2005) Thermoluminescence screening of non-diagnostic sherds from stream sediments to obtain a preliminary alluvial chronology: an example from Cyprus. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, 20(1), pp. 67-77. doi: 10.1002/gea.20033.
- Adderley, P.W., Simpson, I.A., Kirscht, H., Adam, M., Spencer, J.Q. and Sanderson, D. (2004) Enhancing ethno-pedology: integrated approaches to Kanuri and Shuwa Arab definitions in the Kala–Balge region, northeast Nigeria. CATENA, 58(1), pp. 41-64. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2003.12.003.
- Bishop, P., Sanderson, D.C.W. and Stark, M.T. (2004) OSL and radiocarbon dating of a pre-Angkorian canal in the Mekong delta, southern Cambodia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(3), 319 -336. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.09.002.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Cresswell, A., Hardeman, F. and Debauche, A. (2004) An airborne gamma-ray spectrometry survey of nuclear sites in Belgium. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 72(1-2), 213 -224. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00204-2.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Cresswell, A.J., Scott, E.M. and Lang, J.J. (2004) Demonstrating the European capability for airborne gamma spectrometry: Results from the ECCOMAGS exercise. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 109(1-2), pp. 119-125. doi: 10.1093/rpd/nch243.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Bishop, P., Stark, M.T. and Spencer, J.Q. (2003) Luminescence dating of anthropogenically reset canal sediments from Angkor Borei, Mekong Delta, Cambodia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22(10-13), pp. 1111-1121. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00055-6.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Carmichael, L. and Fisk, S. (2003) Photostimulated luminescence detection of irradiated herbs, spices and seasonings: international interlaboratory trial. Journal of AOAC International, 86(5), pp. 990-997..
- Sanderson, D.C.W. , Carmichael, L. and Fisk, S. (2003) Photostimulated luminescence detection of irradiation shellfish: international interlaboratory trial. Journal of AOAC International, 86(5), pp. 983-989..
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Carmichael, L. and Fisk, S. (2003) Thermoluminescence Detection of irradiated fruits and vegetables: international interlaboratory trial. Journal of AOAC International, 86(5), pp. 971-975..
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Carmichael, L. and Fisk, S. (2003) Thermoluminescence detection of irradiation shellfish: international interlaboratory trial. Journal of AOAC International, 86(5), pp. 976-982..
- Sanderson, D. (2003) Photostimulated luminescence detection of irradiated shellfish: international interlaboratory trial. Journal of AOAC International, 86(5), pp. 983-989..
- Sommerville, AA, Hansom, JD, Sanderson, DCW and Housley, RA (2003) Optically stimulated luminescence dating of large storm events in Northern Scotland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, pp. 1085-1092. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00057-X.
- Spencer, JQ, Sanderson, DCW , Deckers, K and Sommerville, AA (2003) Assessing mixed dose distributions in young sediments identified using small aliquots and a simple two-step SAR procedure: the F-statistic as a diagnostic tool. Radiation Measurements, 37, pp. 425-431. doi: 10.1016/S1350-4887(03)00064-7.
- Bonsall, C., Cook, G., Manson, J.L. and Sanderson, D. (2002) Direct dating of Neolithic pottery: progress and prospects. Documenta Praehistorica, XXIX, pp. 47-59..
- Anthony, I.M.C., Sanderson, D.C.W., Cook, G.T., Abernethy, D. and Housley, R.A. (2001) Dating a burnt mound from Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20(5-9), pp. 921-925. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(00)00025-1.
- Sommerville, A.A., Sanderson, D.C.W., Hansom, J.D. and Housley, R.A. (2001) Luminescence dating of aeolian sands from archaeological sites in Northern Britain: a preliminary study. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20(5-9), pp. 913-919. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(00)00015-9.
- Allyson, J.D. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2001) Spectral deconvolution and operational use of stripping ratios in airborne radiometrics. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 53(3), pp. 351-363. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00141-7.
- Cresswell, A.J., Allyson, J.D. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2001) A code to simulate nuclear reactor inventories and associated gamma-ray spectra. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 53(3), pp. 399-409. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00143-0.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Bishop, P., Houston, I. and Boonsener, M. (2001) Luminescence characterisation of quartz-rich cover sands from NE Thailand. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20(5-9), pp. 893-900. doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(00)00014-7.
- Sanderson, D (2001) A code to simulate nuclear reactor inventories and associated gamma-ray. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 35(3), pp. 399-499. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00143-0.
- Sanderson, D.C.W., Mcleod, J.J. and Ferguson, J.M. (2001) A European bibliography on airborne gamma-ray spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 53(3), pp. 411-422. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00145-4.
- Sanderson, D.C.W. and Scott, E.M. (2001) Special issue on environmental radiometrics. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 53(3), pp. 269-270. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00135-1.
- Carmichael, L.A. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2000) The use of acid hydrolysis for extracting minerals from shellfish for thermoluminescence detection of irradiation. Food Chemistry, 68(2), pp. 233-238. doi: 10.1016/S0308-8146(99)00200-9.
- Ledingham, K.W.D. et al. (2000) Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets. Physical Review Letters, 84(5), 899 -902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.899.
- Ledingham, K.W.D. et al. (2000) Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets. Physical Review Letters, 84(5), pp. 899-902..
- Allyson, J.D. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (1998) Monte Carlo simulation of environmental airborne gamma-spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 38(3), pp. 259-282. doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00040-4.
- Sanderson, D. , Cresswell, A. , Seitz, B. , Yamaguchi, K., Takase, T., Kawatsu, K., Suzuki, C. and Sasaki, M. (2013) Validated Radiometric Mapping in 2012 of Areas in Japan Affected by the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident. University of Glasgow. ISBN 9780852619377.
- Sanderson, D.C.W. and Cresswell, A.J. (2007) Report on Airborne Radiometric Survey of the Thurso Area, 15th to 17th November 2006. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre..
- Burbidge, C.I., Allsworth-Jones, P., Housley, R.A., Sanderson, D.C.W. , Pyle, D.M., Bazely, O., McCave, I.N. and van Andel, T.H. (2005) Middle Palaeolithic sites in Russian and Ukraine: site summaries and fieldwork 2004. Series: Environmental factors in the chronology of human evolution and dispersal (Natural Environment Research Council). University of Glagow Archaeological Research Division. ISBN 9780852618196.
- Sanderson, David C.W. and Kinnaird, Timothy C. (2019) Optically stimulated luminescence dating as a geochronological tool for late quaternary sediments in the Red Sea region. In: Rasul, Najeeb M.A. and Stewart, Ian C.F. (eds.) Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea. Series: Environmental earth sciences. Springer International Publishing, pp. 685-707. ISBN 9783319994079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6_31).
- Sanderson, David , Sanada, Yukihisa, Cresswell, Alan , Xu, Sheng, Murphy, Simon, Nakanishi, Chika and Yamada, Tsutomu (2015) Integrating nuclide specific and dose rate based methods for airborne and ground based gamma spectrometry. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Radiological Issues for Fukushima's Revitalized Future. Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, pp. 18-23. ISBN 9784990681531.
- Munro, R.N., Walkington, H., Franks, S., Wilkinson, T.J. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2013) Aspects of late Cainozoic Aeolian landscapes in Arabia: implications for early Man. In: Al-Ansary, A.R., Al-Muaikel, K.I. and Alsharekh, A.M. (eds.) Man and Environment in the Arab World in Light of Archaeological Discoveries. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudairy Foundation: Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia, pp. 7-46. ISBN 9786039032656.
- Sanderson, D. , Burbidge, C. and Kinnaird, T. (2013) Optically stimulated luminescence dating [of pit and ditch infills from the Lismullin National Monument]. In: O’Connell, A. (ed.) Harvesting the Stars: A Pagan Temple at Lismullin, Co. Meath. Series: NRA scheme monographs (11). The National Roads Agency: Dublin, pp. 146-149. ISBN 9780957438002.
- Housley, R.A., Sanderson, D.C.W. and Burbidge, C.I. (2008) Luminescence analysis (OSL and TL) and AMS radiocarbon determinations from Kabazi V. In: Yevtushenko, A.I., Chabai, V.P., Richter, J. and Uthmeier, T. (eds.) Kabazi V: Middle Palaeolithic occupation, environment and subsistence. Palaeolithic sites of the Crimea. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Simferopol, Ukraine, pp. 51-67..
- Housley, R.A., Van Andel, T.H. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2006) A new research project to investigate the chronology connected with Neanderthal climate preferences and tolerances in the North-East Black Sea region. In: Anikovich, M.V. and Platonova, N.I. (eds.) The Early Paleolithic of Eurasia: General Trends, Local Developments (International Conference Devoted to the 125th Anniversary of the Paleolithic Investigations in Kostenki, August, 23-26th, 2004). Nestor Historia: St. Petersburg, Russia, pp. 26-38..
- Cresswell, A. J. , Sanderson, D. C. W. and Carling, P. A. (2019) Luminescence Analyses of Samples from Thailand and Laos. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. , Carling, P.A. and Darby, S. (2019) SE Asia Agricultural Soils Age Analysis. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. and Carling, P.A. (2018) Dose Extension of a Sample at the Base of a Sedimentary Sequence in Vietnam. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. , Muñoz-Salinas, E. and Castillo, M. (2018) Luminescence Dating of Beach Dunes and Fluvial Sediments, Nayarit, Mexico. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Cresswell, A.J. , Sanderson, D.C.W. and Carling, P.A. (2018) Luminescence Profile Measurements on Samples from Vietnam Submitted by P. Carling. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Sanderson, David , Cresswell, Alan , Roman, Matěj, Píšková, Anna, Kopalová, Kateřina, Nývlt, Daniel and Lirio, Juan Manuel (2017) Luminescence Measurements of Sediment Cores from Lake Esmeralda and Monolith Lake, James Ross Island Archipelago. Technical Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow..
- Kinnaird, T.C., Sanderson, D.C.W. , Preston, J., Dugmore, A.J. and Newton, A.J. (2017) Luminescence dating of sediments from Underhoull and Lund, Unst, Shetland. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Cresswell, A.J. , Kinnaird, T.C. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2016) Exploratory Single Grain OSL Analysis of Sediments from Capu di Locu, Corsica. Technical Report. SUERC/University of Glasgow..
- Kinnaird, T.C., Munyikwa, K. and Sanderson, D.C.W. (2015) OSL investigations at Hardisty, Alberta, Canada: Sections HD03, HD04 & HD05. Technical Report. SUERC, East Kilbride, UK..
- Kinnaird, Tim C., Munyikwa, Ken and Sanderson, David C.W. (2015) OSL investigations at Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Technical Report. SUERC, University of Glasgow..
