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OH-defects of 95 detrital quartz grains from 4 localities in North-west Germany (2 North Sea beach sands, one Triassic sandstone, and one Carboniferous sandstone) were studied with infrared (IR) microscopy. By applying novel analytical strategies, the water contribution of fluid and mineral inclusions was minimised and the amount of water incorporated as OH-point defects was quantified. The defect...