<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to sediment samples in order to provide age constraints on the palaeo-earthquake events that are recorded in a trench on the Lingwu fault near Yinchuan on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China. Combining seventeen OSL ages with field observations in the trench shows that at least four events took place at this specific site, and that this fault has been active over the past 200 ka.</p></abstract>

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to sediment samples in order to provide age constraints on the palaeo-earthquake events that are recorded in a trench on the Lingwu fault near Yinchuan on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China. Combining seventeen OSL ages with field observations in the trench shows that at least four events took place at this specific site, and that this fault has been active over the past 200 ka.

Luminescence age constraints on palaeo-earthquake events along the lingwu fault in the Yinchuan Basin, China

SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi’An, 710075, China

Seismological Bureau of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, 750001, China

SKLED, Institute of Geology, China Seismological Bureau, Beijing, 100029, China

Geochronometria

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Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to sediment samples in order to provide age constraints on the palaeo-earthquake events that are...

Luminescence age constraints on palaeo-earthquake events along the lingwu fault in the Yinchuan Basin, China

Published Online: Dec 25, 2011

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0051-4

Keywords
Palaeo-earthquake, OSL dating, Yinchuan basin

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Luminescence age constraints on palaeo-earthquake events along the lingwu fault in the Yinchuan Basin, China

Published Online: Dec 25, 2011

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0051-4

KeywordsPalaeo-earthquake, OSL dating, Yinchuan basin

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Palaeo-earthquake, OSL dating, Yinchuan basin