Quartz OSL dating of last glacial sand dunes near Lanzhou on the western Chinese Loess Plateau: A comparison between different granulometric fractions

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-36

  Cao, GuangChao ^a,b,c   Long, Hao ^b,c,d   Zhang, JingRan ^b   Lai, ZhongPing ^b  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; OSL dating; Palaeoclimatic changes; Quartz of different grain size fractions; Sand dune sediments

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUNE; GEOACCUMULATION; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUARTZ;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84863778422     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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