Quaternary Geochronology: Methods and Applications

AGU Reference Shelf......Page 1
Title: Quaternary GeochronologyMethods and AppHca6ons......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
CLASSIFICATIONS OF QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGIC METHODS......Page 10
THE ESSENCE OF QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY......Page 13
REFERENCES......Page 17
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 19
TIME RANGE OF APPLICABILITY......Page 21
METHODOLOGY......Page 22
APPLICATIONS......Page 24
LIMITATIONS AND MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 27
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 29
PALEOSEISMOLOGIC APPLICATIONS......Page 30
REFERENCES......Page 31
NTRODUCTION......Page 33
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 35
METHODOLOGY......Page 39
PALEOSEISMIC APPLICATIONS......Page 45
LIMITATIONS AND MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 46
REFERENCES......Page 47
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 49
METHODOLOGY......Page 54
REPORTING AND PRESENTATION OFRADIOCARBON DATA......Page 62
APPLICATION TO SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENTS......Page 63
LIMITATIONS AND MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 64
REFERENCES......Page 65
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 69
METHODOLOGY......Page 77
APPLICATIONS......Page 79
LIMITATIONS AND MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 81
REFERENCES......Page 82
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 85
METHODOLOGY......Page 94
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 104
REFERENCES......Page 105
THEORY OF THE DATING METHODS......Page 109
METHODOLOGY......Page 116
CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS......Page 118
APPENDIX......Page 119
REFERENCES......Page 120
PRINCIPLES AND ASSUMPTIONS......Page 123
METHODOLOGY......Page 125
PALEOSEISMIC APPLICATIONS......Page 126
REFERENCES......Page 127
U-PB AND TH-PB DATING......Page 129
METHODOLOGY......Page 132
APPLICATIONS......Page 133
REFERENCES......Page 136
INTRODUCTION......Page 138
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 140
METHODOLOGY......Page 144
PALEOSEISMIC APPLICATIONS......Page 154
EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE ADVANCES......Page 158
REFERENCES......Page 159
THEORY OF LUMINESCENCE GEOCHRONOLOGY......Page 163
METHODS FOR LUMINESCENCE GEOCHRONOLOGY......Page 167
PROCEDURES IN LUMINESCENCE DATING......Page 169
REPORTING AND GUIDELINES FOR LUMINESCENCE AGE ESTIMATES......Page 174
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 179
THEORY OF ESR DATING......Page 183
METHODOLOGY......Page 187
PALEOSEISMIC APPLICATIONS......Page 188
REFERENCES......Page 191
INTRODUCTION......Page 193
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 194
METHODOLOGY......Page 198
APPLICATIONS TO SEISMIC HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS......Page 213
APPROPRIATE SETTINGS, LIMITATIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 218
REFERENCES......Page 221
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 229
METHODOLOGY......Page 234
APPLICATIONS......Page 241
REFERENCE......Page 244
THEORY OF ROCK VARNISH DATING METHODS......Page 247
ROCK VARNISH CHRONOMETRIC METHODS......Page 253
APPLICATIONS OF ROCK VARNISH METHODS......Page 262
REFERENCES......Page 263
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 267
METHODOLOGY......Page 269
DATA ANALYSIS......Page 272
PALEOSEISMIC APPLICATIONS......Page 275
REFERENCES......Page 276
THEORY OF DATING METHODOLOGY......Page 279
METHODOLOGY......Page 283
SAMPLE COLLECTION......Page 285
APPLICATIONS TO SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT......Page 291
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS......Page 294
REFERENCES......Page 295
INTRODUCTION......Page 299
THEORY OF RMW METHOD......Page 300
APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS......Page 301
RMW TECHNIQUES......Page 303
TIME RANGE OF APPLICABILITY......Page 312
DATA ANALYSIS......Page 313
MAXIMUM UTILITY AND LIMITATIONS......Page 314
REFERENCES......Page 315
INTRODUCTION......Page 319
DOING IT......Page 321
DIFFUSIVITY ESTIMATES......Page 333
OTHER TOPICS......Page 335
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 341
REFERENCES......Page 342
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 345
METHODOLOGY......Page 348
APPLICATIONS TO SEISMIC HAZARDS......Page 355
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES......Page 359
REFERENCES......Page 360
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 363
METHODOLOGY......Page 372
DATA ANALYSIS......Page 377
LIMITATIONS AND MAXIMUM UTILITY......Page 379
REFERENCES......Page 381
THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUATERNARY BIOCHRONOLOGY......Page 384
DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUATERNARY MAMMAL AGES......Page 385
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN QUATERNARY MAMMAL AGES......Page 386
DEVELOPMENT OF A MICROTINE RODENT BIOCHRONOLOGY......Page 387
NORTH AMERICAN MICROTINE FAUNAL REGIONS......Page 390
THE NORTH AMERICAN MICROTINE RODENT BIOCHRONOLOGY......Page 392
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION......Page 404
REFERENCES......Page 405
MOLLUSCS......Page 412
MAMMALS......Page 413
REFERENCES......Page 414
THEORY OF DATING METHOD......Page 417
METHODOLOGY......Page 420
DATA ANALYSIS......Page 422
APPLICATIONS TO SEISMIC HAZARDS ASSESSMENTS......Page 423
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES......Page 425
REFERENCES......Page 426
Correlating Quaternary Landforms and Deposits to Global Climate Change......Page 429
REFERENCES......Page 430
OXYGEN ISOTOPE PALEOTHERMOMETRY......Page 431
ORIGIN OF OXYGEN ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 432
OXYGEN ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHIES......Page 433
SUBSEQUENT REFINEMENTS IN THE OXYGEN ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY......Page 434
DEVILS HOLE- AN OUTSTANDING PROBLEM......Page 435
REFERENCES......Page 436
LOCAL CORRELATION OF COASTLINE FEATURES......Page 438
GLOBAL CORRELATION OF COASTLINE FEATURES......Page 442
CONFIDENCE......Page 444
REFERENCES......Page 447
GLACIERS AND CLIMATE......Page 451
APPLICATIONS......Page 456
REFERENCES......Page 457
WATERSHED MODELS FOR FLUVIAL RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE......Page 460
CORRELATION OF AGGRADATION SURFACES WITHIN A REGION......Page 463
CORRELATION OF REGIONAL AGGRADATION EVENTS TO TIMES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE......Page 464
APPLICATIONS TO PALEOSEISMOLOGY......Page 465
REFERENCES......Page 466
MODELS FOR THE FORMATION OF EOLIAN DEPOSITS AND LANDFORMS......Page 469
REFERENCES......Page 472
MODEL......Page 474
CORRELATION OF FEATURES......Page 477
REFERENCES......Page 480
INTRODUCTION......Page 483
ROLE OF PALEOSEISMOLOGY IN ASSESSING SEISMIC HAZARDS......Page 484
APPLICATION OF GEOCHRONOLOGY IN PALEOSEISMOLOGY......Page 490
REFERENCES......Page 498
Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Tidal Marsh Deposits: Applications to Reconstructing Relative Sea Level Changes in the San Francisco Estuary......Page 500
LESSONS FOR QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY AND SEISMIC HAZARDS ASSESSMENT......Page 504
REFERENCES......Page 505
APATITE FISSION-TRACK DATING OF LATE CENOZOIC UPLIFT......Page 506
SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT......Page 509
REFERENCES......Page 510
HAT CREEK FAULT NEAR THEPENSTOCK......Page 512
40AR/39AR DATING METHODOLOGY......Page 515
40AR/39AR DATING RESULTS......Page 517
REFERENCES......Page 518
LAYER DATE REFINEMENT......Page 519
EARTHQUAKE DATE REFINEMENT......Page 520
EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE PARAMETERS......Page 521
REFERENCES......Page 522
INTRODUCTION TO METHOD......Page 523
RECENT CONWAY SEGMENT EARTHQUAKES......Page 524
DISCUSSION......Page 527
REFERENCES......Page 528
INTRODUCTION......Page 529
DISCUSSION......Page 530
REFERENCES......Page 537
Paleoseismicityo f the Alvord Fault, Steens M ountain, Southeastern O regon......Page 538
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Timing of Faulting Events From Thermoluminescence Dating of Scarp-Related Deposits, Lemhi Fault, Southeastern Idaho......Page 542
REFERENCES......Page 549
Tree-Ring Evidence for the San Andreas Earthquake of 1812......Page 550
REFERENCE......Page 552
IDENTIFYING SEPARATE PERIODS OF FAULTING ON THE SAN GABRIEL FAULT......Page 554
REFERENCES......Page 557
DATA......Page 558
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 562
REFERENCES......Page 563
THE PITMAN CANYON PALEOSEISMIC SITE......Page 564
DISCUSSION......Page 566
REFERENCES......Page 567
Methods for Dating Quaternary Suficial Materials
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Index......Page 569