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{"title":"Pleistocene glacial advances and exposure age scatter in the Olympus Range, Antarctica: A study of cosmogenic 36Cl/3He in dolerites and 10Be in sandstones","authors":"Kate M. Swanger ,&nbsp;Jennifer L. Lamp ,&nbsp;Joerg M. Schaefer ,&nbsp;Gisela Winckler ,&nbsp;Irene Schimmelpfennig","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In three cirques in the western Olympus Range of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, previous advances of cirque glaciers are recorded by a sequence of three drifts in each of the cirques. We dated drift limits and the deposits on modern glaciers in two of these cirques, Dean and Dipboye, via cosmogenic ³He in pyroxene from 41 dolerite boulders, ³⁶Cl in pyroxene from 12 of those dolerites, and ¹⁰Be in quartz from 11 sandstone boulders. Exposure age scatter is high on all deposits. The ³He exposure ages across all deposits range from ∼35 to ∼2300 ka and ¹⁰Be exposure ages range from ∼7 to ∼435 ka. Coupled ³⁶Cl/³He from dolerites support constant exposure with erosion for nine of the 12 samples, while the other three might have experienced complex exposure-burial histories. Due to the mesa-butte topography and slow bedrock erosion rates, nuclide inheritance is the primary cause of age scatter in dolerites, accounting for &gt;1 Myr of exposure age error. Mean exposure ages from sandstones are 2–7 times younger than those from dolerites for the same deposits, indicating that inheritance is less common in sandstones in this region. Weathering analyses of sandstone boulders show an increase in average siliceous crust thickness and rock strength with deposit age, an example of case hardening. Based on both relative and exposure age dating, drift age increases with distance from the modern glaciers in both Dean and Dipboye cirques, with three advances during the past &lt;700 ka. However, due to high exposure age scatter, it cannot be determined if the three drifts are temporally correlated across the two cirques and therefore the drifts might record different glacial advances in Dean Cirque vs. Dipboye Cirque despite the apparent stratigraphic correlation of the drifts. This study has implications for drift depositional processes of cold-based glaciers and the importance of source-bedrock lithology and geomorphology on nuclide inheritance in Antarctica.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101632"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rapid, effective screening of tar seep fossils for radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis","authors":"Robin B. Trayler ,&nbsp;Lauren E. Lopes ,&nbsp;Patricia A. Holroyd ,&nbsp;Sora L. Kim ,&nbsp;John R. Southon","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tar seeps trap and preserve diverse fossil assemblages that reflect unique environmental histories. While the macro preservation of the fossils is usually good, preservation of organic bone collagen is often variable. Radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis of tar seep taxa can reveal distinct paleoecological insights but are complicated by the contamination from tar infiltration. Additionally, the removal of tar is complex and time-consuming. Therefore identifying fossils with preserved collagen prior to further investigation minimizes unnecessary damage to fossil collections and improves success rates for analyses that require organic preservation.</div><div>We used tar pit fossils where the collagen preservation state was independently known to test non-destructive (visual inspection) and minimally-destructive (infrared spectroscopy; FTIR) methods to determine the most reliable methods to identify bones with well preserved collagen. We found that while collagen is less often preserved in heavily weathered bones, visual cues alone are not a reliable indicator. Instead, the Water-Amide-on-Phosphate FTIR index is highly sensitive and specific at identifying fossils suitable for radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis. While our protocol and analysis code were developed using fossils from two California tar seep localities (McKittrick and Rancho La Brea), they are likely to be broadly applicable to other tar seep localities that have yielded fewer fossils, thus requiring even greater care when selecting specimens for further analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101631"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142428162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Luminescence dating of rock surfaces in challenging environments: The case of MIS5e gravelly transgressive lag deposit (Southern Sardinia, West Mediterranean Sea)","authors":"Giulia Cossu ,&nbsp;Daniele Sechi ,&nbsp;Reza Sohbati ,&nbsp;Andrew Murray ,&nbsp;Vincenzo Pascucci ,&nbsp;Stefano Andreucci","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Determining the age of precise sea level markers such as marine terraces is often difficult because of the inherent limitation of traditional dating methods. A novel method based on Optical Stimulated Luminescence applicable to rock surfaces has been showing great promise in dating boulder and cobble surfaces from various environments. We performed Optically Stimulated Luminescence Rock Surface Dating (OSL RSD) on five cobbles from a basal transgressive lag deposit sealing a marine terrace referred to as the Last Interglacial (Marine Isotopic Stage 5e). We applied a consistent and highly selective 3-step acceptance criteria on five cobbles and obtained that only one was sufficiently well-bleached prior to burial. The resulting ages of 131 ± 8 ka and 127 ± 8 ka (obtained on 22 analyzed aliquots, n = 22) derived from the post-infrared infrared stimulated signal at 225^oC (pIRIR₂₂₅) and the preceding infrared stimulated signal at 50^oC (pIR_50/225), respectively, are consistent with each other as well as with the conventional luminescence age of ∼135 ka from the same sequence and with the U/Th age of ∼130 ka obtained from coral fragments. This work demonstrates that the RSD is a promising method for dating gravel veneer deposits overlaying marine terraces, enabling new chronologies for similar Quaternary deposits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101630"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142318620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Isothermal thermoluminescence dating of speleothem growth – A case study from Bleßberg cave 2, Germany","authors":"Junjie Zhang ,&nbsp;Jennifer Klose ,&nbsp;Denis Scholz ,&nbsp;Norbert Marwan ,&nbsp;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach ,&nbsp;Lutz Katzschmann ,&nbsp;Dennis Kraemer ,&nbsp;Sumiko Tsukamoto","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101628","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101628","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Speleothems are a key archive of past climatic and environmental changes. ²³⁰Th/U dating is the most commonly used method to determine speleothem ages. However, incorporation of non-radiogenic thorium may hamper ²³⁰Th/U dating, and samples older than 600 ka also remain out-of-reach. Calcite exhibits a thermoluminescence (TL) signal at 280 °C with a high characteristic saturation dose, and provides significant potential to date carbonate samples over several million years. Hitherto, the application of TL dating for calcite has mainly been hindered by two factors: 1) a spurious TL signal occurring in the high temperature range, and 2) non-uniform dose rate due to U-series disequilibrium. Here we test an isothermal TL (ITL) dating method on a speleothem sample from Bleßberg cave 2, Germany. We show that the ITL signal measured at 240 °C can completely remove the 280 °C TL peak with a negligible TL contribution from the higher temperature range, thus reducing the influence from the spurious signal. The time-dependent dose rate variation can be simulated using the initial radioactivity of ²³⁸U, ²³⁴U, ²³⁰Th and their decay constants. We use the ²³⁰Th/U dating method to provide precise and accurate radiometric ages documenting that the speleothem grew between 425.5 ± 5.4 and 320.5 ± 9.7 ka. The ITL ages (421 ± 23 to 311 ± 23 ka) of four subsamples from the speleothem are consistent with the ²³⁰Th/U ages at isochronous sampling positions, showing the general reliability of the ITL dating method. ITL dating provides a pathway to construct chronologies for palaeoclimate reconstructions for speleothems beyond the range of the ²³⁰Th/U-method and for samples that are unsuitable for U-series dating methods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101628"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Single grain K-feldspar MET-IRSL sediment transport determination: Bleaching patterns and rates","authors":"Edward J. Rhodes ,&nbsp;Tessa M.C. Spano ,&nbsp;Rebecca A. Hodge ,&nbsp;André O. Sawakuchi ,&nbsp;Dailson J. Bertassoli Jr.","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101626","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper describes ways that Infra-Red Stimulated Luminescence (IRSL) signals from K-feldspar grains can be used to determine patterns and rates of sediment transport. In particular, it focusses on the potential provided by single grains to reveal their individual exposure and burial histories by the application of multiple elevated temperature (MET) IRSL measurements. We examine similarities and differences in bleaching behaviour with different light sources and introduce the concept of an equilibrium bleach. We present data on the variability of bleaching parameters for grains from single sediment samples, and discuss different analysis approaches to best determine individual grain histories. We describe a single grain “bleach recovery” experiment, and the application of a combined growth-bleach protocol designed to allow optimal data collection of both aspects of grain behaviour. We discuss the development of a burial-bleach model using numerical simulations based on direct observations of sample characteristics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101626"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142318618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Downstream change of luminescence sensitivity in sedimentary quartz and the rearrangement of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) components along two large rivers","authors":"Gergő Magyar ,&nbsp;Tamás Bartyik ,&nbsp;Rastko S. Marković ,&nbsp;Dávid Filyó ,&nbsp;Tímea Kiss ,&nbsp;Slobodan B. Marković ,&nbsp;Viktor Homolya ,&nbsp;Alexia Balla ,&nbsp;Gábor Bozsó ,&nbsp;Sándor Baranya ,&nbsp;Helena Alexanderson ,&nbsp;Tin Lukić ,&nbsp;György Sipos","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101629","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recently, it has been proposed that the luminescence sensitivity of quartz grains, i.e. their luminescence response to unit dose, might be used for sediment fingerprinting. Sensitivity is determined both by the origin of quartz grains and the sedimentary processes they underwent. However, a more detailed understanding of the factors influencing sensitivity is essential in order to expand and specify the applicability of the parameter in sediment sourcing and geomorphological studies alike. In the present research, we examined the spatial changes of sensitivity parameters of coarse grain quartz in modern sediments of the largest rivers of the Carpathian Basin, Central Europe, to determine the role of source areas and transportation distance.</div><div>Based on the luminescence analysis of 39 samples, quartz extracts with a Carpathian origin (catchment of the Tisza River) have a significantly higher sensitivity, except the LM-OSL medium component, than those originating from the Alpine domain (catchment of the Danube River). No clear relationship could be identified between natural sensitisation and transportation distance. In terms of the Tisza the observed downstream increase of quartz sensitivity is due to high sensitivity quartz grains supplied by its tributaries. In the meantime, a recurring change was observed along the Danube, which can be attributed mostly to local erosional processes. Consequently, tributaries and erosion can overprint the potential downstream sensitisation of quartz grains in large rivers.</div><div>Meanwhile, in terms of the Danube on sections where a significant downstream increase was detected in LM-OSL fast component sensitivity, LM-OSL medium component sensitivity systematically decreased. Additionally, during laboratory sensitisation, the CW-OSL sensitivity of Danube samples increased considerably, whereas changes were more moderate in the case of Tisza samples. Moreover, in the case of Tisza-related quartz extracts, the 110 °C TL sensitivity and the LM-OSL fast and medium components showed a strong correlation, indicating the stability of luminescence processes (trapping and recombination). Whereas, in the case of the Danube both LM-OSL components show a weak correlation with the 110 °C TL intensity. All these indicate that Alpine-origin quartz grains are more susceptible to the rearrangement of electron traps and/or recombination centres, which can also be an indicator of sediment sources in Quaternary studies in the region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101629"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187110142400133X/pdfft?md5=3fcb6cb7f96d41c8107832afd6502199&pid=1-s2.0-S187110142400133X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CosmoChron: A versatile age-depth modeling approach using cosmogenic nuclides and direct age constraints","authors":"Aske L. Sørensen ,&nbsp;Thomas M. Hansen ,&nbsp;Jesper Nørgaard ,&nbsp;Jan-Pieter Buylaert ,&nbsp;Andrew S. Murray ,&nbsp;Ekaterina Kulakova ,&nbsp;Redzhep Kurbanov ,&nbsp;Mads F. Knudsen","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101618","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101618","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We introduce a novel age-depth modeling approach called CosmoChron that integrates both cosmogenic nuclide concentrations and other age constraints, such as radiocarbon and OSL ages, from different depths in a sedimentary sequence. Based on probabilistic inverse modeling, CosmoChron constrains the age-depth relationship of a sedimentary sequence along with associated uncertainties. Knowledge about the sample origins and the accumulation process is incorporated in the prior model. The ²⁶Al/¹⁰Be ratio is computed at different depths in the forward model by accounting for different pre-burial scenarios, radioactive decay and post-burial production of ²⁶Al-¹⁰Be, which is directly tied to the age-depth relation itself. Synthetic test cases demonstrate the method's ability to construct accurate age-depth relationships given by the posterior distribution, even for complex scenarios that include slow and varying accumulation rates, complex pre-burial histories, hiatuses, and unconformities. Based on observed unconformities, users have the option to manually input hiatuses into the model at specific depths, which allows estimation of their durations. Application of CosmoChron to real ²⁶Al/¹⁰Be data from the Laujunmiao section in China yields ages that are similar to those obtained with conventional burial dating methods for specific stratigraphic layers. However, the associated uncertainties are significantly reduced with CosmoChron (by ∼47 % on average) because it exploits the vertical coupling of data combined with knowledge of the relative age of the samples, which must become younger towards the top of the profile. Additionally, the age-depth model reflets the duration of three hiatuses inferred from unconformities observed in the field. When CosmoChron is applied to OSL-derived ages from Jingbian section A on the Chinese Loess Plateau, covering the last ∼140 ka, the method produces results that are almost identical to those obtained with the well-established Bacon age-depth modeling approach. CosmoChron consequently offers a new, versatile and reliable tool to construct age-depth models for Quaternary sediment sequences.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101618"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating age modeling into a hierarchical Bayesian framework for inferring the pattern and rate of past sea-level changes from uncertainty-prone proxy data","authors":"Shi-Yong Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101617","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Inferring the pattern and rate of past sea-level changes from uncertainty-prone proxy records requires formal statistical analyses, preferably in a hierarchical framework. The commonly used error-in-variables method treats the relative sea level as a collection of random variables drawn from the multivariate Gaussian distribution. However, this method does not make any use of prior information about the sea-level index points as constraints in the inferential process, thereby leading to anomalously large uncertainties for the time periods when observational data are absent. Here, a hierarchical Bayesian model of past sea-level changes is presented. Specifically, the stochastically varying relative sea level is modeled as a piecewise linear process with an additive independent Brownian increment arriving in a Gaussian fashion. The treatment of temporal uncertainties associated with the sea-level index points in the partially observed proxy records also differs from the existing methods. Instead of calibrating the radiocarbon ages individually, the corresponding calendar ages are treated as random variables and inferred recursively according to their temporal order. Illustrative studies using synthetic and real-world data demonstrate the promise of this model.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101617"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ESR chronology of the Quaternary sedimentary sequence of the Shinaimiao borehole in Hebi City, Henan Province, China","authors":"Hao Ji ,&nbsp;Zhong-shan Shen ,&nbsp;Chun-Ru Liu ,&nbsp;Xiong-Nan Huang ,&nbsp;Xiao-Ping Yang ,&nbsp;Chuan-Yi Wei ,&nbsp;Xin-Xiu Li ,&nbsp;Qing Zhou ,&nbsp;Gong-Ming Yin","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is very important to distinguish the strata of different periods in the Quaternary period, especially the Middle Pleistocene and Late Pleistocene strata, for stratigraphic division, depositional environmental analysis and climate evolution analysis. In this study, the Shinaimiao (SNM) borehole sequence in Hebi City, Henan Province (China) was established by both electron spin resonance (ESR) and magnetostratigraphy methods. Both Al (eighteen samples) and Ti-Li (eight out of the eighteen samples) centers were measured using the Multiple Aliquots Additive Dose (MAAD) method. In addition, hundreds of magnetostratigraphic samples were measured to determine the precise position of the Matuyama/Brunhes (M/B) boundary. The results show that: (1) The equivalent dose (D_E) values of the Al and Ti-Li centers are consistent within the error range, demonstrating that the Multiple Center (MC) approach has worked. (2) The ESR dating results are consistent with the order of sedimentation (the ages get older with depths) and with magnetostratigraphic results of the B/M boundary within the error range, indicating that the ESR ages obtained from the Al and Ti-Li centers are reliable in this study. (3) By comprehensive analysis of the dating results and lithology characteristics, the stratigraphic ages of the SNM borehole with a depth of 126.93 m spans from Neogene to Holocene, but part of the early Pleistocene strata are missing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 101616"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142089677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validating ex210Pb sediment dating methods applied to a large anthropogenically-impacted river basin","authors":"Stephen Anderson ,&nbsp;Natasha T. Dimova ,&nbsp;Scott Brande","doi":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101615","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sediment dynamics in five sites within the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, impacted by (i) dam-and-lock use, (ii) urbanization, (iii) industrial/mining practices, (iv) flooding, and (v) storm surge events were evaluated to understand better anthropogenic impacts on regional sediment budgets. Three widely used sediment dating models based on excess ²¹⁰Pb (ex²¹⁰Pb) (i.e., Constant Rate of Supply, CRS, Constant Initial Concentration, CIC, and Advective Dispersion Equation, ADE) and two recently developed ones (i.e., Porosity Variation, PV and Porosity Variation Without Diffusion, PVWD) were tested to determine their applicability to these anthropogenically altered lacustrine and coastal areas. To verify results from ex²¹⁰Pb models, we used conventional time markers, including regional hydrograph records and historical aerial images. We found that the traditionally used time-marker ¹³⁷Cs is no longer useful due to its current low inventories in the sediments. Drainage-to-lake area ratios were used to determine relative runoff and atmospheric radionuclide contributions. Statistical analysis of physical properties such as porosity, bulk and dry density, water content, and sediment geochemical compositions were utilized to support sediment transport and site development hypotheses. When constructing the sediment history at each site using these proxies, we found that the CIC and ADE models produced unreliable ages because of violation of requirements for exponentially decreasing porosity and ex²¹⁰Pb activity with depth. We found that two new models, PV and PVWD, that account for heterogeneous porosity, produced more reliable sediment depositional ages. These two models produced ages with lower uncertainties than the CRS model, outperforming the other conventional models tested. We conclude that the PV and PVWD models are more applicable for environments experiencing erosional and abrupt depositional events, which in our study resulted from dam construction and storm-surge events. Model sensitivity analysis showed that decreasing average particle density produces younger sediment ages by the PV and PVWD models. Higher ex²¹⁰Pb activity analytical uncertainty resulted in lower sedimentation rates and higher estimated ages by all five models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54516,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Geochronology","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101615"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}