Optically stimulated luminescence dating of aeolian sand in the otindag dune field and holocene climate change

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 837-847

  Zhou, YaLi ^a,b,g   Lu, HuaYu ^b   Mason, Joseph ^c   Miao, XiaoDong ^d   Swinehart, James ^e   Goble, Ronald ^f  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Dune; Holocene; OSL dating; Otindag sand field

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; SAND; VEGETATION;

DUNE SYSTEM; HOLOCENE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); OTINDAG SAND FIELD;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; OTINDAG;

EID: 44149108446     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0057-9     Document Type: Article

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