甘肃巴谢剖面黄土-古土壤的光释光测年研究

光释光（OSL）测年是测定第四纪沉积物年龄的一种新技术。它通过单色光束激发使晶体中储存的电离辐射能释放出来。与热释光（TL）测年相比，OSL测年可以不考虑残留的OSL信号，而且测量具有简便、迅速且准确等优点。本文用细颗粒光释光技术对甘肃巴谢剖面的黄土-古土壤进行了测定，其测年结果与14C测年结果相吻合。这表明，光释光是一项极潜力的年代学技术。     

黄土细粒样品红外释光与绿光释光测年对比研究

沉积物光释光(OSL)测年方法按所用激发光源波长可分为绿光释光(GLSL)和红外释光(IAsL)两种技术。前者用波长514.5nm或514土15urn绿光束激发石英矿物产生释光信号进行测年;后者通常用波长800～950urn红外线束激发钾长石产生释光信号进行测年。对于同一个含有石英和钾长石碎屑矿物的沉积物样品,同时进行绿光释光和红外释光测年并对比其结果,也许可获得光释光测年可靠性的一种自检。为此,我们对郑州郎山黄土剖面中8个马兰黄土样品作了试验。每个样品都制备成细粒(4～11pm)组分约40个测片,分成4组(各为6,8,18和6个)分别作天然、天然加p剂量诱发、天然经90分钟阳光表回郎山马兰黄     

冰川沉积释光测年： 采样策略与测试选择

释光测年是可对冰川地貌进行直接定年的一种测年技术,已被广泛应用于冰川沉积测年中,推动了第四纪冰川研究的深入发展。但冰川沉积释光测年还没有达到标准化的程度,实际应用中仍有不少问题需要探究,其中最受关注的是冰川沉积物释光信号晒退不完全的问题,即样品在埋藏前因曝光机会有限导致信号没有归零或仅部分归零。冰川沉积释光信号晒退程度与地貌部位和沉积环境密切相关。冰川沉积释光采样需注意几个方面：（1）详细的地貌学和沉积学调查及对采样点的选择;（2）较适合释光测年的冰水沉积和冰缘风成沉积采集及其与冰川作用期次的联系;（3）冰碛夹层中的冰水砂透镜体的选取;（4）冰碛垄采样时垂直与水平方向上的考量;（5）岩石释光测年的发展使砾石成为当前第四纪冰川释光测年采样的一种选择。室内进行释光等效剂量测试时,也有几个关键的选择：（1）粗颗粒石英光释光测年是末次冰期以来冰川作用的首选方法;（2）如果样品年代老于石英测年上限,或者石英不适合测试,则可考虑钾长石后红外高温释光测年方法;（3）单颗粒、小测片和岩石释光埋藏测年技术可以鉴别样品的晒退情况,是目前最适合冰川沉积释光测年的几种选择;（4）如有条件,尝试用不同矿物、不同粒径、不同方法进行测试对比和交叉检验。要获得第四纪冰川释光测年的最佳年代学结果,地貌学、沉积学和年代学的结合是非常必要的。     

湖泊沉积物的14 C和光释光测年* ——以固城湖为例

富含有机质的湖泊沉积物被认为是¹⁴ C测年建立古环境记录年代标尺的理想材料,光释光测年方法近年开始应用于水成沉积物的定年。应用¹⁴ C和光释光两种方法对江苏固城湖湖心钻孔岩芯进行了年龄测定,结果表明全样有机质的¹⁴ C年龄与石英的光释光年龄存在系统差异,后者较前者年轻约2000年。系统光释光测年研究排除了光释光年龄低估的可能性,所以,二者的差异可能是湖泊沉积物碳库效应的反映。     

甘孜黄土细颗粒石英热转移光释光(TT-OSL)法测年可行性初探

使用一种新的光释光测年法——热转移光释光（TT-OSL）法对甘孜县城附近的甘孜-A剖面上的黄土细颗粒石英进行实验测试,以探讨该方法用于其测年的可行性.实验测试结果表明,样品的天然回授OSL （ReOSL）信号强度随地层深度增加而增大,表现出明显的积累.利用“替换点”分析方式对TT-OSL法的检验表明该方法能够用于甘孜黄土的测年.采用简单多片法（SMAR）和TT-OSL法分别对3个样品进行等效剂量（De）测试及年龄计算,结果显示TT-OSL法得到的De值及年龄明显大于简单多片法,但TT-OSL法年龄与前人磁性地层研究中的期望年龄相差比较大.研究初步认为,TT-OSL法可以对甘孜黄土进行测年,但是结果的可靠性还需要有更多的可信独立年龄验证.     

祁连山第四纪冰碛物的ESR测年研究

论述了ＥＳＲ测年的原理和方法,并利用ＥＳＲ测年方法对祁连山的冷龙岭和走廊南山的摆浪河流域第四纪冰碛物进行了年代测定,结果表明,冰碛物样品的ＥＳＲ年龄与野外地层对比推测的年龄和和＾１４Ｃ、ＴＬ测定的年龄基本一致,且同一冰碛物不同位位置采集的样品年龄也一致,说明本次测定的冰碛物年龄是可信及可靠的。     

单柱离子色谱测定二氧化锰产品中无机阴离子杂质

采用了单柱离子色谱法测ＭｎＯ２产品中无机离子杂质；提出了消除干扰的可行途径，将Ｌａ（ＯＨ）３加入后能同时消除进样峰的干扰和溶剂峰的出现。选用１．７５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ邻苯二甲酸１．７５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ三羟甲基氨基甲烷为混合淋洗剂测定Ｆ＾－，Ｃｌ＾－，ＮＯ３＾和ＳＯ＾２－４，其标准加入回收率为９５％－１０５％；ＲＳＤ（ｎ＝７）为２．４７％－８．０８％。     

催化光度法测定痕量锇

在０５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的Ｈ２ＳＯ４介质中，Ａｓ（Ⅲ）存在下，Ｏｓ（Ⅷ）催化ＫＣｌＯ３氧化邻苯二酚紫褪色反应。反应受温度、反应时间影响，冷却及加入抗坏血酸可终止反应。据此，建立了一个测定痕量Ｏｓ（Ⅷ）的新方法。方法的灵敏度为２５７×１０－１０ｇ／ＬＯｓ（Ⅷ），测定范围为０～００９１μｇ／Ｌ，用地质管理样中锇的测定验证，结果与原结果相符     

泥河湾陆相沉积物光释光年代学研究及其对古湖泊演化的指示意义

对泥河湾盆地郝家台、后沟、红崖和虎头梁4个地点湖相及其上覆沉积物样品进行了光释光年代学研究.由于中粒石英的单片再生剂量法所测光释光信号已经达到了饱和,故采用中粒混合矿物的红外激发后高温红外激发方法,并对其异常衰退进行校正,这种方法利用长石的释光信号,饱和剂量较高,且异常衰退较小,为测量老样品提供了可能性.根据红外激发后高温红外激发光释光测年结果,郝家台、后沟和红崖地区现存泥河湾湖相顶部沉积物年龄为360～420ka,虎头梁湖相顶层沉积物年龄为约270ka,而郝家台和后沟湖相沉积物上覆黄土-古土壤年龄分别为约130ka和180ka.这些测年结果表明在泥河湾地区湖相沉积物顶层及其上覆沉积物之间广泛存在一个沉积间断,且不同地点湖相沉积物侵蚀的程度不同.因此,推测现在泥河湾地区出露的湖相沉积物顶层并不是当时古湖泊消失时的沉积,即至少部分古湖泊沉积的顶部已被侵蚀.     

X射线激发的光释光测年技术实验研究

文章提出了利用Ｘ射线作光释光测年的激发光源，以此进行了实验研究，研究结果表明，利用Ｘ射线是可以激发辐射样品使其产生光释光信号的。     

A robust feldspar luminescence dating method for Middle and Late Pleistocene sediments

Luminescence dating is used extensively to provide absolute chronologies for Late Pleistocene sediments. Nowadays, most optical dates are based on quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). However, the application of this signal is usually limited to the last ～100 ka because of saturation of the quartz luminescence signal with dose. In contrast, the feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) dose–response curve grows to much higher doses; this has the potential to extend the datable age range by a factor of 4–5 compared with quartz OSL. However, it has been known for several decades that this IRSL signal is unstable, and this instability often gives rise to significant age underestimation. Here we test against independent age control the recently developed feldspar post‐IR IRSL approach to the dating of sediments, which appears to avoid signal instability. A physical model explaining our observations is discussed, and the method is shown to be accurate back to 600 ka. The post‐IR IRSL signal is reduced by exposure to daylight more slowly than that from quartz and low‐temperature IRSL, preventing its general application to young (e.g. Holocene) sediments. Nevertheless, this new approach is widely applicable (feldspar of appropriate luminescence behaviour is even more ubiquitous than quartz). These characteristics make this a method of great importance for the dating of Middle and Late Pleistocene deposits.     

OSL signal resetting in young deposits determined with a pulsed photon‐stimulated luminescence (PPSL) unit

Optical Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) is a technique that can be used for dating geological materials deposited within the last half‐million years, including sediments transported by air, water or gravity, as well as rocks heated at high temperatures. Recently, several studies have shown that OSL can also provide information on sediment transport. The pulsed photon‐stimulated luminescence (PPSL) unit (also known as a portable OSL reader) developed by the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre is an instrument designed to read luminescence signals from bulk (untreated) sediment samples comprising poly‐mineral and poly‐grain fractions. In this contribution, we evaluate the potential of the PPSL unit to assess the degree of OSL signal resetting in 27 young deposits (<2 ka) transported by different geomorphic agents in volcanic, coastal and fluvial depositional settings located in Mexico. Our results are in agreement with previous findings that used the Risø TL/OSL reader, confirming that sediments transported by debrisflows contain the highest inherited luminesce signals. Infrared stimulation (IRSL) values in volcanic ash, lavas, and sand beach and dune deposits exhibit low scatter. However, with blue stimulation (BLSL) these samples reveal a large degree of scattering, attributed to charge transfer in the case of the coastal deposits and to the low sensitivity of quartz in the case of volcanic material. The luminescence signals of fluvial sediments exhibit a highly scattered distribution in both IRSL and BLSL. We conclude that the use of a PPSL unit is a simple approach to assess the degree of OSL signal resetting in deposits sourced from different geological environments. This research contributes to previous studies that have investigated new applications of the PPSL unit to assist in OSL dating of geological materials.     

Zircon from sediments: A combined OSL and TL auto-regenerative dating technique

Auto-regenerative dating of zircon grains from fired materials has been shown to be a very powerful technique. The high internal dose rate in zircon gives a measurable auto-regenerated TL signal a few months after the natural TL measurement, allowing the determination of age without dosimetry. The technique has been extended to zircon grains from sediments, using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques to measure the natural signal. The auto-regenerated signal is only a few hundred photons and cannot be measured above background using present OSL techniques, so it is counted using the highly sensitive TL reader developed for fired zircon grains. Preliminary measurements on fired zircons are in good accord with TL dating and the known ages, but precision becomes poor for samples <1 ka in age. Possible improvements using auto-regenerative phototransfer TL dating are discussed.     

OSL dating of a Holocene loess-paleosol sequence in the southern Loess Plateau,China

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of polymineral fine-grained loess samples collected from the southern Loess Plateau of China was conducted using the single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol. A ‘Double-SAR’ procedure in which aliquots are subjected to both infrared (IR) and blue stimulations was used, and two sets of equivalent dose (D _e ) determinations were produced. These doses are assumed to be predominantly related to the feldspathic and quartz fine grain populations, respectively. The results revealed that the OSL ages estimated by infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) signals and those estimated by [post-IR] stimulated luminescence ([post-IR] OSL) signals disagreed. Specifically, the ages estimated using the IRSL signals were smaller than those estimated using [post-IR] OSL signals. The results of an anomalous fading test of the two types of OSL signals revealed that the [post-IR] OSL signals from the etched sub-sample (by H₂SiF₆ and HF) and the un-etched sub-sample did not fade significantly. However, the IRSL signals from the un-etched sub-sample showed obvious signs of fading. These findings indicate that the lower age estimated by IRSL is due to the anomalous fading of feldspar IR signals in the polymineral fine grains. For samples collected from greater than 100 cm, the estimates of their OSL ages using two types of luminescence signals generally agreed with their pre-estimated ages, especially those of the [post-IR] OSL signals. However, for the three samples that were collected from a depth of less than 100 cm, their OSL ages were remarkably underestimated, possibly due to the enhanced human activity (such as soil cultivation) that has occurred in the region since 3000 a B.P.     

东北亚巨石文化起源:朝鲜半岛南部支石墓释光年龄证据

采用热释光和红外光释光测年技术获取了采自朝鲜半岛西南部和顺支石墓遗址剖面中的陶片和沉积物的年龄.古陶片的热释光年龄分别是(3100±210)a和(3680±320)a,相应文化层中支石墓墓葬层位的红外光释光年龄分别是(2200±190)a和(2900±310)a.古陶片的热释光年龄老于地层的红外光释光年龄,代表着支石墓...     

旧石器遗址强烈化学风化沉积物细粒混合矿物的光释光信号特征及其测年应用

从湖南省北部赤山岛枫树嘴旧石器遗址剖面第2、第3和第4考古层位采集的3个沉积物样品中提取的细粒混合矿物,尝试对其红外释光(IRSL)信号进行研究。实验表明,虽然长石IRSL信号很弱,但仍可以测得信噪比足够高的红外激发后高温红外激发释光(post-IR IRSL)信号。与此同时,样品存在明显的红外激发后蓝光释光(post-IR OSL)信号,并且样品的IRSL与post-IR OSL信号均以快组分为主,这为该地区沉积物利用长石光释光信号定年提供了新的可能。鉴于长石IRSL信号较弱,根据剂量恢复实验结果,本研究采用post-IR IRSL SAR法(50℃红外激发后270℃高温红外激发,pIRIR270℃)进行等效剂量测量,同时也应用post-IR OSL SAR法定年进行比较。实验结果表明,细粒混合矿物的pIRIR270℃等效剂量分别为418.8±13.2 Gy、562.3±18.2 Gy和694.8±17.9 Gy,相对应的post-IR OSL SAR等效剂量结果为345.0±29.4 Gy、409.6±33.7 Gy和424.7±32.2 Gy。假设强烈化学风化未对沉积物的剂量率造成很大影响,基于长石pIRIR270℃信号的释光年龄为89±6 ka、118±8 ka和152±9 ka,比前人所得的石英OSL SAR法年龄老30%~55%(约20~55 ka)。通过对比不同测量条件下获得的等效剂量值来评估长石IRSL信号是否存在晒退问题,没有发现长石post-IR IRSL信号存在晒退不完全的证据。根据本研究post-IR IRSL SAR法测年结果,赤山岛枫树嘴旧石器遗址似阿舍利技术类型的石器出现在倒数第二次冰期(MIS 6)后期至末次间冰期(MIS 5)前期,比湖南道县福岩洞现代人类牙齿化石年龄(80~120 ka)稍老。作为似阿舍利技术石器制造者的赤山岛古人与福岩洞现代人的关系将是我国旧石器时代考古学和古人类学研究的一个重要课题。     

河南渑池仰韶人遗址区黄土冲沟阶地的释光测年研究

地貌变迁与古人类活动的关系一直是地理学研究的一个重要科学问题。仰韶文化是黄河流域最为重要的新石器人类 文明之一，文章以河南渑池仰韶遗址区内西沟冲沟为研究对象，尝试建立仰韶人类活动与遗址区内冲沟地貌形成的先后关 系。渑池仰韶遗址区地处黄土高原东南缘黄土堆积区，文章利用释光测年方法测定了西沟冲沟阶地上覆堆积黄土的年代， 粗略重建了阶地形成的时间为大约距今3万年和12万年前，分别对应深海氧同位素（MIS） 3阶段和5阶段。而该时期渑池 仰韶区域尚无古人类活动记录，所以释光测年结果证明仰韶遗址区内的冲沟完全是自然成因的，与遗址区仰韶人的地表活 动无关。     

北美五大湖区晚更新世劳伦泰德冰盖演化年代学综述及石英光释光测年的初步尝试

北美五大湖区的安大略湖北岸Don Valley Brickyard、Scarborough Bluffs、Bowmanville Bluffs剖面共同构成了北美东北部最长也是最厚的陆地第四纪沉积记录, 较完整地记录了晚更新世劳伦泰德冰盖(the Laurentide Ice Sheet)的演化. 晚更新世劳伦泰德冰盖演化的重建有赖于这些经典剖面中重要沉积地层单元的准确年代学控制. 传统的地层年代学主要是依靠少量¹⁴C年代, 将主要的混杂堆积单元(diamicton)解释为气候变冷环境下的冰川扩张, 并与指示全球冰量变化的深海氧同位素曲线一一比对建立起来的. 这样建立起来的年代学存在很大的不确定性. 20世纪80-90年代的少量热释光年代也不相吻合, 最近的13个长石红外释光定年则只集中于Bowmanville Bluffs的一个分层, 并未建立整个剖面的地层年代学, 使这些经典沉积剖面的年代学一直没有得到系统的建立. 应用石英光释光SAR-SGC法测试了Bowmanville Bluffs剖面Glaciofluvial Sand单元的2个冰水沉积样品, 年代结果分别为(41.6±3.8) ka、(48.1±4.4) ka, 分析表明这一年代结果偏老, 石英颗粒可能晒褪不完全. 由于大测片无法识别晒褪不完全的颗粒, 因此, 测试更多的剖面序列的光释光年代并尝试采用粗颗粒小测片或单颗粒技术解决样品颗粒晒褪不完全的问题将是必要的.     

河南渑池仰韶人遗址区黄土冲沟阶地的释光测年研究

地貌变迁与古人类活动的关系一直是地理学研究的一个重要科学问题。仰韶文化是黄河流域最为重要的新石器人类 文明之一,文章以河南渑池仰韶遗址区内西沟冲沟为研究对象,尝试建立仰韶人类活动与遗址区内冲沟地貌形成的先后关 系。渑池仰韶遗址区地处黄土高原东南缘黄土堆积区,文章利用释光测年方法测定了西沟冲沟阶地上覆堆积黄土的年代, 粗略重建了阶地形成的时间为大约距今3万年和12万年前,分别对应深海氧同位素（MIS） 3阶段和5阶段。而该时期渑池 仰韶区域尚无古人类活动记录,所以释光测年结果证明仰韶遗址区内的冲沟完全是自然成因的,与遗址区仰韶人的地表活 动无关。     

钾长石矿物在全新世样品光释光测年中的应用与校正问题

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