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STEPPED-COMBUSTION 14C DATING IN LOESS-PALEOSOL SEDIMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2020

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Yunchong Fu
Peng Cheng*
Affiliation:
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS), Xi’an710061, China Xi’an AMS Center of IEECAS, and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Application, Xi’an710061, China CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an710061, China Open Studio for Oceanic-Continental Climate and Environment Changes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao266061, China
Yunchong Fu
Affiliation:
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS), Xi’an710061, China Xi’an AMS Center of IEECAS, and Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Application, Xi’an710061, China CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an710061, China
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*Corresponding author. Email: chp@ieecas.cn.
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Abstract

In this study, low temperature (room temperature, 400°C LT) and high temperature (400–900°C HT) of bulk organic carbon samples were dated from two loess and paleosol profiles. The results showed that radiocarbon (14C) dates of the LT were younger than HT fractions, indicating effect of younger contamination from overlying layers. The δ13C variation of the HT fraction appears to respond much more sensitively to climate change, and 14C ages of HT fraction can produce reasonable 14C ages from a younger layer, but it is very difficult to obtain reliable 14C ages from older layer as a result of uncomplete removal of young carbon.

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14Cloess-paleosolstepped-combustionδ13C
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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 62 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , pp. 1209 - 1220
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