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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.018
	Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions
	Hu, Gang; Yi, Chao-Lu; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Liu, Jin-Hua; Jiang, Tao
通讯作者	Hu, G (通讯作者)
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0277-3791
起始页码	124
结束页码	144
卷号	124
英文摘要	Numerical dating of glacial deposits is important for understanding Quaternary glacial evolution. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is one of the techniques widely used on such sediments. Owing to the short distances traveled before deposition, the incomplete bleaching of luminescence signals in glacial sediments may introduce serious dating problems vis-alpha-vis glacial and any associated sediments. Here, we report a comparison of OSL ages obtained from the fine (4-11 mu m) and medium (38 -63 mu m) grain size fractions of quartz extracted from glaciofluvial sediments and from glacial tills in the Basongcuo catchment near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. Initially, four glacial stages were identified based on field observations of moraine distribution and geomorpho-stratigraphic relations. A total of 39 OSL samples were then collected from glaciofluvial sand layers or lenses and from till. Quartz grains in the fine (4-11 mu m) and medium (38-63 mu m) size fractions were extracted from each sample, and dated using the single-aliquot regeneration (SAR) protocol. The modern supraglacial. sediment sample was dated to similar to 0.2 (fine grain) to similar to 0.7 (medium grain) ka, suggesting that the sediment was not completely bleached on deposition. Contrary to previous experience suggesting that coarse grains are usually better bleached than fine grains prior to deposition, our results show that estimated OSL ages for fine grains are generally younger than those for medium grains. This suggests that the two fractions may have come from different sources and thus have different bleaching histories, and that fine-grained quartz may be more suitable for OSL dating of these materials. Applying the minimum age model to data from medium-grained quartz yields ages close to those obtained from fine-grained quartz, suggesting that both can be used for dating glacial advances. The OSL dates suggest that glaciers in the studied area advanced at 0.1 -1.3 ka, similar to 7.5 ka and 11-13 ka, and were furthest advanced between similar to 16 and similar to 30 ka. The timing of the local Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) is broadly consistent throughout the eastern and central Himalaya and frequent glacial advances after the LGM. All suggest that glaciers in the humid eastern Himalayan syntaxis are sensitive to global cooling. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE LATE QUATERNARY GLACIATIONS TIBETAN PLATEAU LATE PLEISTOCENE OSL SIGNALS GLACIOFLUVIAL SEDIMENTS FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS COSMOGENIC BE-10 THERMAL TRANSFER TSANGPO RIVER
英文关键词	Luminescence dating; Partial bleaching; Different grain size fractions; Glacial sediments; Southeastern Tibet
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000361258000007
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/258503
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu, Gang,Yi, Chao-Lu,Zhang, Jia-Fu,et al. Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2015,124.
APA	Hu, Gang,Yi, Chao-Lu,Zhang, Jia-Fu,Liu, Jin-Hua,&Jiang, Tao.(2015).Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,124.
MLA	Hu, Gang,et al."Luminescence dating of glacial deposits near the eastern Himalayan syntaxis using different grain-size fractions".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 124(2015).