1997/01/01 by Weijian Zhou, Douglas J. Donahue, A. J. T. Jull · 56 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Aeolian processes #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Climate change #Geochemistry #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Holocene #Loess #Oceanography #Paleoclimatology #Paleontology #Physical geography #Pleistocene #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Pollen #Quaternary #Radiocarbon dating #Sediment
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0033822200040868
published in Radiocarbon 39(1), 19-26 (Cambridge University Press)
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Dating pollen concentrated from eolian sediments provides a new way to establish a chronological framework on the Loess Plateau of China. We show that pollen deposited simultaneously with sediment in a stable environment can provide reliable ages. We suggest that the reliability of pollen dating can be evaluated by comparison with wood cellulose or charcoal ages from the same stratigraphic level. Dating pollen concentrates from the various profiles indicates paleomonsoon precipitation variability at the loess/desert transitional belt from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene.