Optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from the Yellow River terraces in Lanzhou: Tectonic and climatic implications

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Wang, Ping ^a   Jiang, Hanchao ^a   Yuan, Daoyang ^b   Liu, Xingwang ^b   Zhang, Bin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic change; OSL dating; Tectonic movement; Tibetan Plateau; Yellow River terrace

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; RIVER BED; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77649341364     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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