Quartz OSL and K-feldspar pIRIR dating of a loess/paleosol sequence from arid central Asia, Tianshan Mountains, NW China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-53

  Li, Guoqiang ^a   Wen, Lijuan ^a   Xia, Dunsheng ^a   Duan, Yanwu ^a   Rao, Zhiguo ^a   Madsen, David B ^a   Wei, Haitao ^a   Li, Fangliang ^a   Jia, Jia ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid central Asia; Bacon age depth model; Holocene; K feldspar pIRIR dating; Loess paleosol; Quartz OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84926670233     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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