Pattern analysis and dating for the Badain Jaran dune field, northwestern China

Ning, Wen-Xiao; Wang, Zhenting

doi:10.1007/s12665-020-09066-4

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“…Reconstructing coastal evolution is typically based on geological evidence derived from field observations and sedimentary or paleontological laboratory analyses, but receives critical support from geochronology information obtained by numeric dating methods [18,19]. OSL dating of quartz using the single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol (SAR) [20] was successfully applied in many of studies to Holocene coastal sand dunes [21,22] and inland dunes [23][24][25].…”

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Geomorphology of the Coastal Sand Dune Fields and Their Association with the Palaeolandscape Evolution of Akrotiri Peninsula, Lemesos, Cyprus

Polidorou

Evelpidou

2021

Geosciences

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Two well-developed late Pleistocene dune fields have been identified on the western and eastern side of Akrotiri promontory (Lemesos, Cyprus). The dune fields extend immediately from the low level of their source beaches onto higher ground (>48 m amsl). Geomorphic observations supported by OSL dating and sedimentological data provided evidence of the dune development and for the palaeogeographic reconstruction of the area. Relative sea level changes and wave action during the upper Pleistocene and Holocene played an important role into the development of the palaeolandscape and affected the formation of the dunes. From the collected data the development of the western dune field started at 56.2 ± 5.5 ka when the relative sea level was at approximately −60 m and contributed to the development of the western tombolo of the area whereas the eastern dune field developed in the late Holocene, after the formation of the eastern spit that resulted in the formation of the Akrotiri Salt lake.

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