The evolution of a terrace sequence along the Yellow River (HuangHe) in Hequ, Shanxi, China, as inferred from optical dating

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 54-65

  Zhang, Jia Fu ^a   Qiu, Wei Li ^b   Li, Rong Quan ^b   Zhou, Li Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution of terraces; Fluvial deposits; Hequ area of China; Optical dating; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER EVOLUTION; RIVER TERRACE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 67349219699     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Adamiec G., and Aitken M. Dose-rate conversion factors: update. Ancient TL 16 (1998) 37-50
2. Aitken M.J. Thermoluminescence Dating (1985), Academic Press, London
3. e distributions and an assessment of procedures for estimating burial dose. Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (2006) 2475-2502
4. Barbour G.B. Terraces of the Yellow River, China (abstract). Geological Society of America Bulletin 44 (1933) 71
5. Barbour G.B. Pleistocene history of the Huangho. Geological Society of America Bulletin 44 (1933) 1143-1160
6. Bird J. Artifacts in Canadian river terraces. Science 89 (1939) 340-341
7. Bøtter-Jensen L., Bulur E., Duller G.A.T., and Murray A.S. Advances in luminescence instrument systems. Radiation Measurements 32 (2000) 523-528
8. Bridgland D.R. River terrace systems in north-west Europe: an archive of environmental change, uplift and early human occupation. Quaternary Science Reviews 19 (2000) 1293-1303
9. Cheng S.P., Deng Q.D., Zhou S.W., and Yang G.Z. Strath terraces of Jinshaan Canyon, Yellow River, and Quaternary tectonic movements of the Ordos Plateau, North China. Terra Nova 14 (2002) 215-224
10. Duller G.A.T. Assessing the error on equivalent dose estimates derived from single aliquot regenerative dose measurements. Ancient TL 25 (2007) 15-24
11. Galbraith R.F. The radial plot: graphical assessment of spread in ages. Nuclear Tracks Radiation Measurements 17 (1990) 207-214
12. Grün, R., 2003. Age.exe. Computer program for the calculation of luminescence dates. Unpublished Computer Program. RSES, Canberra.
13. Hanson P.R., Mason J.A., and Goble R.J. Fluvial terrace formation along Wyoming's Laramie Range as a response to increased late Pleistocene flood magnitudes. Geomorphology 76 (2006) 12-25
14. Hou Y.M., Pottes R., Yuan B.Y., Guo Z.T., Deino A., Wang W., Clark J., Xie G.M., and Huang W.W. Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like stone technology of the Bose Basin, South China. Science 287 (2000) 1622-1626
15. Jain M., Murray A.S., and Bøtter-Jensen L. Optically stimulated luminescence dating: how significant is incomplete light exposure in fluvial environments?. Quaternaire 15 (2004) 143-157
16. Murray A.S., and Olley J.M. Precision and accuracy in the optically stimulated luminescence dating of sedimentary quartz: a status review. Geochronometria 21 (2002) 1-16
17. Murray A.S., and Roberts R.G. Measurement of the equivalent dose in quartz using a regenerative-dose single-aliquot protocol. Radiation Measurements 29 (1998) 503-515
18. Murray A.S., and Wintle A.G. Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol. Radiation Measurements 32 (2000) 57-73
19. Olley J.M., Caitcheon G.G., and Roberts R.G. The origin of dose distributions in fluvial sediments, and the prospect of dating single grains from fluvial deposits using optically stimulated luminescence. Radiation Measurements 30 (1999) 207-217
20. Olley J.M., Pietscha T., and Roberts R.G. Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz. Geomorphology 60 (2004) 337-358
21. Pan B.T., Li J.J., and Cao J.X. The landforms in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and problem of physiographic stage. Journal of Lanzhou University (Natural Sciences) 30 (1994) 115-123 (in Chinese with English abstract)
22. Pan B.T., Burbank D., Wang Y.X., Wu G.J., Li J.J., and Guan Q.Y. A 900 k.y. record of strath terrace formation during glacial-interglacial transitions in northwest China. Geology 31 (2003) 957-960
23. Pei S.W., Zhang J.F., Gao X., Zhou L.P., Feng X.W., and Chen F.Y. Optical dating of the Jingshuiwan Paleolithic site of Three Gorges, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 51 (2006) 1334-1342
24. Rees-Jones J. Optical dating of young sediments using fine-grain quartz. Ancient TL, 13 2 (1995) 9-14
25. Stokes S., and Walling D.E. Radiogenic and isotopic methods for the direct dating of fluvial sediments. In: Kondolf G.M., and Piegay H. (Eds). Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology (2003), Chichester, Wiley 233-267
26. Sun J. Long-term fluvial archives in the Fen Wei Graben, central China, and their bearing on the tectonic history of the India-Asia collision system during the Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1279-1286
27. Swisher III C.C., Rink W.J., Antón S.C., Schwarcz H.P., Curtis G.H., and Suprijo A. Latest Homo erectus of Java: potential contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia. Science 274 (1996) 1870-1874
28. Wallinga J. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of fluvial deposits: a review. Boreas 31 (2002) 303-322
29. Wang C.C. The physiographical history of the Yellow River between Shansi (Shanxi) and Shensi (Shaanxi). Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 4 (1925) 87-92
30. Wang H.Z., Chu X.C.h., Liu B.P., Hou H.F., and Ma L.F. Atlas of the Palaeogeography of China (1985), Cartographic Publishing House, Beijing 76-138
31. Westaway R., Bridgland D., and White M. The Quaternary uplift history of central southern England: from the terraces of the Solent River system and nearby. Quaternary Science Reviews 25 (2006) 2212-2250
32. Wintle A.G., and Murray A.S. A review of quartz optically stimulated luminescence characteristics and their relevance in single-aliquot regeneration dating protocols. Radiation Measurements 41 (2006) 369-391
33. Yue L.P., Lei X.Y., and Qu H.J. The age of terrace development in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Geological Review 43 (1997) 186-192 (in Chinese with English abstract)
34. Zhang J.F., and Zhou L.P. Optimization of the 'double SAR' procedure for polymineral fine grains. Radiation Measurements 42 (2007) 1475-1482
35. Zhang J.F., Zhou L.P., and Yue S.Y. Dating fluvial sediments by optically stimulated luminescence: selection of equivalent doses for age calculation. Quaternary Science Reviews 22 (2003) 1123-1129
36. Zhang Y.Q., Liao C.Z., Shi W., and Hu B. Neotectonic evolution of the peripheral zones of the Ordos Basin and geodynamic setting. Geological Journal of China Universities 12 (2006) 285-297 (in Chinese with English abstract)