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Luminescence sensitivities of quartz grains from eolian deposits in northern China and their implications for provenance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Tongyan Lü  and
Jimin Sun
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Abstract

The thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensitivities of quartz grains from deserts and loess–red clay sequences are used to trace eolian provenances in northern China. Our results indicate that the 110°C TL peak and OSL sensitivities of quartz grains show differences among Chinese deserts, which can be subdivided into four groups according to the spatial variations of luminescence sensitivities. Such differences are related mostly to the regional difference in rock types of mountains surrounding or adjacent to the deserts. We also examine the possible provenance changes between the Quaternary loess and the Tertiary eolian red clay, and the results indicate that the luminescence sensitivity of Tertiary red clay is higher than that of Quaternary loess (L1, L15, and L33), implying source materials of the eolian deposits changed relative to those of the Quaternary.

Keywords

Eolian depositProvenanceLuminescence sensitivityQuartz
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Quaternary Research , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , September 2011 , pp. 181 - 189
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University of Washington

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