Quartz OSL dating of sand dunes in Ghaggar Basin, northwestern India

• Autorzy: Shitaoka Y. , Maemoku H. , Nagatomo T.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Several studies have used luminescence dating to investigate sand mobilization activity in extreme western areas and the southern margin of the Thar Desert, India. However, room exists for a chronology of sand profiles for the northern margins of the Thar Desert. The Ghaggar River flood plain at Rajasthan, northwestern India, in the northern margin of the Thar Desert, is bordered by sand dunes. Elucidation of the environmental changes of the Ghaggar Basin requires knowledge of many aspects of sand dune formation. We measured optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) using the single aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol for sand of eight palaeo-dunes and two flood silts of both sides of the present Ghag-gar Basin and Chautang Basin flood plains. Their OSL ages were obtained respectively, as 15-10 ka or 5 ka, and 9-8 ka. Results of this study reinforce the hypothesis that sand dune deposition had start-ed or had already been completed by 15-10 ka. Aeolian deposition was subdued by enhanced mois-ture during 9-8 ka. Our interpretation is that, at least since 5 ka, the scale of the flood plain of the Ghaggar River has remained equivalent to that of the present day.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

north margins of the Thar Desert; Ghaggar River; dune sand; environmental change; OSL dating

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: Vol. 39, no. 3
• Strony: 221--226
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Shitaoka Y.

autor

Maemoku H.

autor

Nagatomo T.

• Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Kyoto University, 3088-176 Noguchibaru, Beppu 894-0903, Japan,

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