Thermoluminescence dating is used for material where radiocarbon dating is not available, like sediments. Its use is now common in the authentication of old ceramic wares, for which it gives the approximate date of the last firing. An example of this can be seen in [http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/ant/079/ant0790390.htm Rink and Bartoll, 2005].
Thermoluminescence dating was modified for use as a passive sand migration analysis tool by [http://www.jcronline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2112%2F04-0406.1 Keizars, et al., 2008] (Figure 3), demonstrating the direct consequences resulting from the improper replenishment of starving beaches using fine sands, as well as providing a passive method of policing sand replenishment and observing riverine or other sand inputs along shorelines (Figure 4).