High-resolution OSL dating of a late Quaternary sequence from Xingkai Lake (NE Asia): Chronological challenge of the "MIS 3a Mega-paleolake" hypothesis in China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 428, Issue , 2015, Pages 281-292

  Long, Hao ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Gao, Lei ^a,c   Frechen, Manfred ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

^{14< sup>C age underestimation; Lake sediments; MIS 3a Mega paleolake; OSL dating; Sedimentation rate}

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

AGE UNDERESTIMATION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; OSL DATING; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SINGLE ALIQUOT REGENERATIVE DOSE; STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

CORE SAMPLES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG; XINGKAI LAKE;

EID: 84939653993     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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