Upper Pleistocene-Holocene geomorphic changes dictating sedimentation rates and historical land use in the valley system of the Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia, northern China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1251-1268

  Avni, Y ^a   Zhang, J F ^b   Shelach, G ^c   Zhou, L P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chifeng region of northeast china; Human occupation; Landscape evolution; Loess; Osl dating

Indexed keywords

HUMAN OCCUPATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LOESS; OSL DATING; REGION OF NORTHEAST CHINAS;

BIOLOGY; DEPOSITS; EMPLOYMENT; EROSION; FLOORS; LUMINESCENCE; RIVER CONTROL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

FLOODPLAIN; GEOACCUMULATION; GULLY EROSION; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VALLEY;

GOBI DESERT;

EID: 77956710793     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1944     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Aitken MJ. 1985. Thermo luminescence dating. Academic Press, London.
2. Avni Y. 2005. Gully incision as a key factor in desertification in an arid environment, the Negev Highlands, Israel. Catena 63:185-220.
3. Avni Y, Porat N, Plakht J, Avni G. 2006. Geomorphologic changes leading to natural desertification processes versus anthropogenic land conservation in an arid environment, the Negev Highlands, Israel. Geomorphology 82: 177-200.
4. Avni Y, Zhang JF, Shelach G, Zhou LP. 2007. Landscape evolution and sedimentation rates during the Upper Pleistocene - Holocene in the Chifeng region, Inner Mongolia, China. INQUA 2007 abstract. Quaternary International 167-168(supplement 1): 19.
5. Bailey RM, Arnold LJ. 2006. Statistical modeling of single grain quartz De distributions and an assessment of procedures for estimating burial dose. Quaternary Science Reviews 25: 2475-2502.
6. Bøtter-Jensen L, Mejdahl V, Murray AS. 1999. New light on OSL. Quaternary Science Reviews 18: 303-310.
7. Bull WB. 1997. Discontinuous ephemeral streams. Geomorphology 19: 227-276.
8. Buylaert JP, Murray AS, Van den berghe D, Vriend M, De Corte F, Van den Haute P. 2008. Optical dating of Chinese loess using sand-sized quartz: establishing a time frame for late Pleistocene climate changes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Geochronology 3: 99-113.
9. Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project (CICARP) (ed.). 2003. Regional Archaeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration. Science Press: Beijing.
10. Fang HY, Cai QG, Chen H, Li QY. 2008. Temporal changes in suspended sediment transport in a gullied loess basin, the lower Chab-agou Creek, on the Loess Plateau in China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 33: 1977-1992.
11. Grün R. 2003. Age.exe. Computer program for the calculation of luminescence dates, Unpublished Computer Program. RSES: Canberra.
12. Guo D. 1995a. Hongshan and related cultures. In The Archaeology of Northeast China: Beyond the Great Wall, Nelson SM (ed.). Rout-ledge: London; 21-64.
13. Guo D. 1995b. Lower Xiajiadian culture. In The Archaeology of Northeast China: Beyond the Great Wall, Nelson SM (ed.). Rout-ledge: London; 147-181.
14. Hamada K, Mizuno S. 1938. Chifeng Hongshanhou. Archaeologia Orientalis, Series A, No. 6. Far Eastern Archaeology Society of Japan: Tokyo.
15. Hu G, Zhang JF, Qiu WL, Zhou LP. 2009. Residual OSL signals in modern fluvial sediments from the Yellow River (HuangHe) and its implication for dating young sediments. Quaternary Geochronology. DOI. 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.003.
16. Huang CC, Pang J, Huang P. 2002. An early Holocene erosion phase on the loess table lands in the southern Loess Plateau of China. Geomorphology 43: 209-218.
17. Kohfeld KE, Harrison SP. 2003. Glacial-interglacial changes in dust deposition on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews 22: 1859-1878.
18. Li SH. 1994. Optical dating: insufficiently bleached sediments. Radiation Measurements 23: 563-568.
19. Li YY, Willis KJ, Zhou LP, Cui H. 2006. The impact of ancient civilization on the northeastern Chinese landscape: Palaeo ecological evidence from the western Liaohe River, Inner Mongolia. The Holocene 16(8): 1109-1121.
20. Linduff K, Drennan R, Shelach G. 2004. Early complex societies in NE China: the Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project. Journal of Field Archaeology 29(1-2): 45-73.
21. Murray AS, Wintle AG. 2000. Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol. Radiation Measurements 32: 57-73.
22. Nugteren G, Vandenberghe J, van Huissteden JK, An ZS. 2004. A Quaternary climate record based on grain size analysis from the Luochuan loess section on the central Loess Plateau, China. Global and Planetary Change 41: 167-183.
23. Olley JM, Caitcheon GG, Murray AS. 1998. The distribution of apparent dose as determined by optically stimulated luminescence in small aliquots of fluvial quartz: implications for dating young sediments. Quaternary Science Reviews 17: 1033-1040.
24. Olley JM, Pietsch T, Roberts RG. 2004. Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz. Geomorphology 60: 337-358.
25. Pei SW, Zhang JF, Gao X, Zhou LP, Feng XW, Chen FY. 2006. Optical dating of the Jingshuiwan paleolithic site of Three Gorges, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 51: 1334-1342.
26. Poesen J, Vandekerckhove L, Nachtergaele J, Oostwoud Wijdenes D, Verstraeten G, Van Wesemael B. 2002. Gully erosion in dry land environments. In Dry land Rivers: Hydrology and Geomorphology of Semi-arid Channels, Bull LJ, Kirkby LJ (ed.). John Wiley & Sons: Chichester; 229-262.
27. Poesen J, Nachtergaele J, Verstraeten G, Valentin C. 2003. Gully erosion and environmental change: importance and research needs. Catena 50: 91-133.
28. Porter SC, An ZS. 2005. Episodic gulling and paleo monsoon cycles on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Research 64: 234-241.
29. Rees-Jones J. 1995. Optical dating of young sediments using fine-grain quartz. Ancient TL 13: 9-14.
30. Rittenour TM. 2008. Luminescence dating of fluvial deposits: applications to geomorphic, palaeoseismic and archaeological research. Boreas 37(4): 613-635.
31. Rosen AM. 2008. The impact of environment change and human land use on alluvial valleys in the Loess Plateau of China during the Middle Holocene. Geomorphology 101: 298-307.
32. Shelach G. 2000. The earliest Neolithic cultures of northeast China: recent discoveries and new perspectives on the beginning of agriculture. Journal of World Prehistory 14(4): 363-413.
33. Shelach G. 2006. Economic adaptation, community structure, and sharing strategies of households at early sedentary communities in northeast China. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 25(3): 318-345.
34. Shelach G. 2009. Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China: Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change during the First Millennium BCE, Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology Series. Equinox: London.
35. Shelach G, the Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project (CICARP). 2003. Using and improving regional analysis. In Regional Archaeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration, The Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project (ed.). Science Press: Beijing; 166-173.
36. Shi H, Shao M. 2000. Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in China. Journal of Arid Environments 45: 9-20.
37. Shi X. 1986. The discovery of pre-Yangshao cultures and their meaning. In Archaeology in China 2. Cultural Relics Press: Beijing; 1-23 (in Chinese).
38. Teng M. 2004. Chifeng diqu huanjing kaoguxue yanjiu zongshu (A summary of environmental archaeology of the Chifeng Region). In Chinese Frontier Archaeology 3. Science Press: Beijing; 3-12 (in Chinese).
39. Tong Z. 1957. A report of survey at the Dongbajia stone wall site of the Chifeng area. Archaeology Letter 6: 230-237 (in Chinese).
40. Truelsen JL, Wallinga J. 2003. Zeroing of the OSL signal as a function of grain size: investigating bleaching and thermal transfer for a young fl uvial sample. Geochronometria 22: 1-8.
41. Valentin C, Posen J, Li Y. 2005. Gully erosion: impacts, factors and control. Catena 63: 132-153.
42. Vandenberghe D, Derese C, Houbrechts G. 2007. Residual doses in recent alluvial sediments from the Ardenne (S Belgium). Geochro-nometria 28: 1-8.
43. Wang X, Chen F, Hasi E, Li J. 2008. Desertification in China: an assessment. Earth Science Reviews 88: 188-208.
44. Wintle AG, Murray AS. 2006. A review of quartz optically stimulated luminescence characteristics and their relevance in single-aliquot regeneration dating protocols. Radiation Measurements 41: 369-391.
45. Yan W. 1992. Origins of agriculture and animal husbandry in China. In Pacific Northeast Asia in Prehistory, Aikens MC, Rhee SN (ed.). Washington State University Press: Pullman, WA; 113-123.
46. Yang X, Ding Z, Fan X, Zhou Z, Ma N. 2007. Processes and mechanism of desertification in northern China during the last 30 years, with special reference to the Hunshandake Sandy Land, eastern Inner Mongolia. Catena 71: 2-12.
47. Zhang JF, Li S-H, Tso MYW. 2001. Assessment of bleaching of K-field-spar grains. Radiation Measurements 33: 103-108.
48. Zhang JF, Zhou LP, Yue SY. 2003. Dating fluvial sediments by optically stimulated luminescence: selection of equivalent doses for age calculation. Quaternary Science Reviews 22: 1123-1129.
49. Zhang JF, Zhou LP. 2007. Optimization of the 'double SAR' procedure for polymineral fine grains. Radiation Measurements 42: 1475-1482.
50. Zhang JF, Qiu WL, Li RQ, Zhou LP. 2009a. The evolution of a terrace sequence along the Yellow River (HuangHe) in Hequ, Shanxi, China, as inferred from optical dating. Geomorphology 109, 54-65.
51. Zhang JF, Qiu WL, Wang XQ., Hu G, Li RQ, Zhou LP. 2009b. Optical dating of a hyper concentrated flow deposit on a Yellow River terrace in Hukou, Shaanxi, China. Quaternary Geochronology. DOI. 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.001
52. Zhao J, Huang C. 2004. Progress of loess research in China. Journal of Geographical Science 14: 57-61.
53. Zhao H, Zhao X, Zhou R, Zhang T, Drake S. 2005. Desertification processes due to heavy grazing in sandy rangeland, Inner Mongolia. Journal of Arid Environments 62: 309-319.
54. Zhao H, Yi X, Zhou R, Zhao X, Zhang T, Drake S. 2006. Wind erosion and sand accumulation effects on soil properties in Horqim sandy farmland, Inner Mongolia. Catena 65: 71-79.
55. Zhou L-P, Shackleton NJ. 2001. Photon-stimulated luminescence of quartz from loess and effects of sensitivity change on palaeodose determination. Quaternary Science Reviews 20: 853-857.