Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

Chronology constraints on the complex sedimentary stratigraphy of the paleo-Yangtze incised valley in China

L Gao, H Long, Y Hou, Y Feng - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have documented the sedimentary sequences of the Yangtze Delta in
response to relative sea-level changes since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). However, the …

Inter-comparison of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages between different fractions of Holocene deposits from the Yangtze delta and its environmental …

X Nian, W Zhang, Z Wang, Q Sun, Z Chen - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
In fluvial and deltaic environments, different grain-size fractions experience varying degrees
of bleaching of OSL signals due to variations in hydrodynamics and depositional processes …

Age of a prehistoric “Rodedian” cult site constrained by sediment and rock surface luminescence dating techniques

R Sohbati, AS Murray, N Porat, M Jain… - Quaternary Geochronology, 2015 - Elsevier
The construction age of a pavement in a “Rodedian” prehistoric cult site in Negev desert,
Israel, is established by determining the burial age of (i) a cobble used in the pavement, and …

The chronology of a sediment core from incised valley of the Yangtze River delta: Comparative OSL and AMS 14C dating

X Nian, W Zhang, Z Wang, Q Sun, J Chen, Z Chen… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating has gained increased use in dating deltatic
deposits, however, its application can be hindered by the problem of incomplete bleaching …

Extreme floods of the Changjiang River over the past two millennia: contributions of climate change and human activity

L Zhou, Y Shi, Y Zhao, Y Yang, J Jia, J Gao, YP Wang… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change and human activity have exerted significant influences on the sediment load
and channel morphology of the Changjiang River system, China. However, our knowledge …

Optical dating of Holocene sediments from the Yangtze River (Changjiang) delta, China

X Nian, W Zhang, Z Wang, Q Sun, J Chen… - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
Establishing a reliable chronology is essential for understanding delta evolution, which is
normally performed using radiocarbon (14 C) dating and the recently emerging technique of …

Formation of the Yangtze Shoal in response to the post-glacial transgression of the paleo-Yangtze (Changjiang) estuary, China

J Liu, J Qiu, Y Saito, X Zhang, X Nian, F Wang, G Xu… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The Yangtze shoal lies east of the Yangtze (Changjiang) River estuary, China, at water
depths of~ 25–55 m and is one of the largest subaqueous, sheet-like sand banks in the …

Multiple dating approaches applied to the recent sediments in the Yangtze River (Changjiang) subaqueous delta

F Wang, X Nian, J Wang, W Zhang, G Peng… - The …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The accumulation rate of recent deposits in a delta environment is critical to the study of
delta dynamics and their sustainable management. The most commonly used dating …

Refined chronostratigraphy of a late Quaternary Sedimentary sequence from the Yangtze River delta based on K-feldspar luminescence dating

L Gao, H Long, T Tamura, L Ye, Y Hou, J Shen - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Dating of sediments in the tidal-dominated Yangtze River delta remains a challenge
because of extremely complicated processes during sediment transport and deposition in …