Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating in the Amazonian wetlands /
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Imprint: | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. ©2020 |
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Description: | 1 online resource (x, 127 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13563613 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Prologue
- Chapter One
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 The OSL theory
- 1.2.1 Principles
- 1.2.2 Band model applied to quartz OSL
- 1.2.3 OSL application in dating
- 1.2.4 Determination of equivalent dose
- SAR protocol
- 1.2.5 Determination of annual dose rate
- 1.2.6 Results of the OSL dating technique applied to Amazonian sediments
- 1.2.6.1 Annual dose rates
- Chapter Two
- 2.1 Presentation
- 2.2 Geology
- 2.2.1 General framework
- 2.2.2 Stratigraphy
- 2.2.3 Sediment types and depositional environments
- 2.3 Motivation to improve the chronological framework
- 2.3.1 Geological history of river basins
- 2.3.2 Basic geological mapping
- 2.3.3 Climatic versus neotectonic influence
- 2.3.4 Origin and evolution of the biodiversity
- 2.3.5 Global changes
- Chapter Three
- 3.1 Presentation
- 3.2 Dating problems and methodological approach
- 3.2.1 Environmental restriction
- 3.2.2 Tropical weathering and pedogenesis
- 3.2.3 Water-table oscillation
- 3.2.4 Sediment deformation
- Chapter Four
- 4.1 Presentation
- 4.2 Fluvial terraces
- 4.2.1 Strech of the Solimões-Amazon system between Codajás and Manaus
- 4.2.2 Low Negro River
- 4.2.3 Madeira River
- 4.2.4 Branco River
- 4.3 Viruá megafan
- 4.4 Aeolian dunes
- Chapter Five
- 5.1 Improving the luminescence dating technique
- 5.2 Perspectives of research applications
- 5.3 Final remarks
- References