Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating in the Amazonian wetlands. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sonia Hatsue Tatumi, Dilce de Fátima Rossetti and Emílio Alberto Amaral Soares.
• Editors: Rossetti, Dilce de Fátima; Soares, Emílio Alberto Amaral; Tatumi, Sonia Hatsue
• 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
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 127 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 558.1; Geochronometry -- Amazon River Region; Geology -- Amazon River Region; Earth sciences; Historical geology; Stratigraphy; Geochronometry; Geology; Amazon River Region; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527556065; 1527556069
• Related ISBNs: 9781527554306; 1527554309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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