Quaternary Geochronology

Papers
(The TQCC of Quaternary Geochronology is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Coupled ESR and U-series dating of the northernmost evidence of Gigantopithecus from Jianshi Longgudong site, China39
Clean quartz matters for cosmogenic nuclide analyses: An exploration of the importance of sample purity using the CRONUS-N reference material34
Downstream change of luminescence sensitivity in sedimentary quartz and the rearrangement of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) components along two large rivers31
Comment on “Luminescence chronology of the Sankosh river terraces in the Assam–Buthan foothills of the Himalayas: Implications to climate and tectonics” by Quaternary Geochronology 72, 10136425
Testing the applicability of standardised growth curves (SGCs) for OSL signals of quartz grains from the Yangtze Delta, China25
A targeted drilling and dating campaign to identify Stone Age archaeological sites before excavation in west coast southern Africa25
Luminescence dating of Enigmatic rock structures in New England, USA22
Aeolian landform processes since the last deglaciation revealed by OSL chronology and stratigraphy in the Hulunbuir dune field in NE China21
An evaluation of two cryptotephra quantification methods applied on lacustrine sediments with distant Laacher See tephra fallout21
A new and effective method for quartz-feldspar separation for OSL and CRN dating19
Snow avalanche synchronicity derived from a multi-path tree-ring reconstruction in the Făgăraș Mountains (Southern Carpathians, Romania)19
Dating the Neanderthal environment: Detailed luminescence chronology of a palaeochannel sediment core at the Palaeolithic site of Lichtenberg in the Lower Saxony, northern Germany19
Luminescence dating of middle to late Pleistocene marine terrace deposits in southern Hokkaido, Japan18
From ice-dammed lake to aeolian dunes in the Store Mosse area, SW Sweden18
Using X-rays as an irradiation source for direct ESR dating of fossil teeth17
Pysochron: A Python-based solution for calculating cosmogenic 26Al/10Be isochron burial ages15
Quartz OSL and TL dating of pottery, burnt clay, and sediment from Beicun archaeological site, China15
Multi-method pIRIR dating of sedimentary sequences at the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, NW China and its palaeoenvironmental implications14
Single grain pIRIR dating of glacigenic deposits in the Yuzhu Peak area of Kunlun Mountains of Tibetan Plateau revealed the glaciations during Holocene period14
Editorial Board13
Direct dating of marine sediments using optically stimulated luminescence techniques: Insights from ODP cores 658B and 659A13
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A method to date rock engravings using luminescence – tested at Murujuga, Western Australia12
OSL dating of very young aeolian sediments of NW Spain to assess dune erosion and accretion periods12
Direct dating of a major rockfall at the Ba'ja Neolithic site (Jordan) using rock surface luminescence12
Rapid, effective screening of tar seep fossils for radiocarbon and stable isotope analysis12
Testing the potential of using coarse-grain feldspars for post-IR IRSL dating of calcium sulphate-wedge growth in the Atacama Desert12
Unraveling the deposition and incision paces of alluvial fan-river system by using single grain K-feldspar luminescence dating11
Using quartz OSL signals from SAR cycles for sediment provenance studies11
Editorial Board11
The complexity of luminescence dating of tidal sand body revealed by the discrepancy of paired quartz OSL ages11
High resolution luminescence and radiocarbon dating of Holocene Aeolian silt (loess) in west Greenland11
Single-grain luminescence dating of K-feldspar based on the pre-dose MET-pIRIR protocol10
Luminescence dating of rock surfaces in challenging environments: The case of MIS5e gravelly transgressive lag deposit (Southern Sardinia, West Mediterranean Sea)10
Quartz luminescence sensitivity enhanced by residence time in the critical zone10
Editorial Board10
High-precision radiocarbon dating and carbon reservoir effect of a maar lake in South China10
Radiometric dating of Meipu hominin site in China by coupled ESR/U-series and cosmogenic 26Al/10Be burial dating methods9
Luminescence and ESR dating of the sedimentary infill from the multi-level cave system of Alkerdi-Zelaieta (Navarre, N Spain)9
High-resolution 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Koobi Fora Tuff Complex, Turkana Basin: Implications for the hominin bearing strata of the Early Pleistocene (1.6–1.4 Ma)9
Contribution of coupled ESR/U-series fossil dating to a Paleolithic-Neolithic transition site - Naminan, Southwest China9
Luminescence dating of shoreline sediments indicates a late deglacial lake-level rise of Selin Co on the central Tibetan Plateau9
Constraining the eruption history of Rangitoto volcano, New Zealand, using palaeomagnetic data9
A tool for the ages: The Probabilistic Cosmogenic Age Analysis Tool (P-CAAT)9
Luminescence dating of glacially sourced deposits from northern Switzerland: Comparing multigrain aliquots and single grains of quartz and feldspar8
Challenges of dating quartz OSL samples with saturated grains: Lessons from single-grain analyses of low dose-rate samples from Victoria Falls, Zambia8
Editorial Board8
A detailed luminescence chronology of the Lower Volga loess-palaeosol sequence at Leninsk8
Luminescence dating of sandy loess along the middle Yellow River and its implications for aeolian–fluvial interactions8
Late-glacial fluctuations of Himalayan glaciers: 10Be surface exposure dating northwest of Mt. Gang Benchhen8
Effects of the size of the test dose on the SAR protocol for quartz optically stimulated luminescence dating of loess in the eastern Tibetan Plateau8
ESR/U-series and pIR-IR290 dating of the Middle Pleistocene site of Lunel-Viel (LV I), Hérault, Southern France8
Optimizing radiocarbon chronologies in peat profiles with examples from Xinjiang, China8
Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphy and pollen stratigraphy of Uwa Formation, Shikoku Island, SW Japan: Reconsidering the MIS 11 super-interglacial horizon8
Testing a proposed new chronology for the Jasmund Glacitectonic Complex (SW Baltic Sea): No indication of incipient deformation during MIS 38
Unexpectedly old luminescence ages as an indicator of the origin of the upper Volga River valley sediments8
Editorial Board8
Electron spin resonance dating of quartz from archaeological sites at Victoria Falls, Zambia8
Contribution of dendrogeomorphology to the dating of secondary processes on dormant rockslides8
New volcanological, 40Ar/39Ar dating and paleomagnetic record from Trindade Island and stratigraphic implications8
A simulation approach to quantify the parameters and limitations of the radiocarbon wiggle-match dating technique8
Examining sediment infill dynamics at Naracoorte cave megafauna sites using multiple luminescence dating signals7
‘Mammothfluidics’: Amino acid dating of fossil mammal tooth enamel using a modular microfluidic system7
Revisiting natural and laboratory electron spin resonance (ESR) dose response curves of quartz from Chinese loess7
Editorial Board7
Characterizing and dating authigenic phosphates from the sedimentary infill of Atapuerca archaeo-paleoanthropological cave sites (Spain)7
Comparison of De values from Late Pleistocene alluvial deposits on the coast of Galicia (NW Spain) using BayLum or Analyst-based procedures7
Editorial Board7
Luminescence chronology of loess-palaeosol deposits in the Central Shandong Mountains region: Provenances and paleoclimate implications7
Reconstructing the Holocene volcanic past of El Hierro, Canary Islands7
Age-depth modelling and the effect of including – or not – shared errors across sets of OSL samples: The case study of Beg-er-Vil (Brittany, France)7
Geochemical analysis of extremely fine-grained cryptotephra: New developments and recommended practices7
Sedimentation history linked to global change in the alpine Damqu Wetland of the Yangtze River headwater in interior Tibetan Plateau7
Cosmogenic nuclide burial dating at Penhill Farm: An Earlier Stone Age Acheulean locality in the lower Sundays River Valley, South Africa7
Thermal stability and closure temperature of barite for electron spin resonance dating6
Chronology of Early to Mid-Pleistocene sediments in the northern North Sea: New evidence from amino acid and strontium isotope analyses6
Post-glacial small delta process uncovered by luminescence and radiocarbon chronology of core sediments from coastal South China Sea6
Bleachability of pIRIR signal from single-grain K-feldspar6
Luminescence ages of sediments from the margin of the penultimate glaciation in the north-eastern East European plain6
Diversification of landslide areas as a means for reducing noise in dendrogeomorphic dating6
ESR dating of optically bleached quartz grains from Plio-Pleistocene to Holocene coastal dune deposits (Wilderness-Knysna area, South Africa): a comparison with luminescence6
Dating basal peat: The geochronology of peat initiation revisited6
Radiocarbon and luminescence age estimate database for the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area: a reliability-assurance assessment6
Editorial Board6
The impact of data reduction on classical and Bayesian210Pb dating models6
Last 150 kyr volcanic activity on Mauritius island (Indian ocean) revealed by new Cassignol-Gillot unspiked K–Ar ages6
Multi-method luminescence dating of late Cenozoic northern Upper Rhine Graben fluvial sediments6
A detailed quartz and feldspar luminescence chronology for the Khonako II loess section (Southern Tajikistan)6
Long-term preservation of amino acid racemization interlaboratory comparison samples6
Dating the setting of a late prehistoric statue-menhir at Cruz de Cepos, NE Portugal6
Single-grain K-feldspar luminescence dating of the late Quaternary rapid decline in the largest Lake over the Tibetan Plateau6
The De underestimation caused by the unstable medium component in the initial OSL signal from lava-baked quartz and correction strategies6
Application and evaluation of multiple-centres ESR dating of Pliocene-Quaternary fluvial sediments: A case study from the Zhoulao core from the Jianghan Basin, middle Yangtze River basin, China6
Controls on luminescence signals in lake sediment cores: A study from Lake Suigetsu, Japan6
Isolating quartz-dominated OSL signal of rock slice by using pulsed stimulation: Implications for dating burial age of cobbles6
Combined single grain and cobble luminescence dating of poorly bleached glaciofluvial deposits from the Swiss Alpine foreland6
Absolute dating of sediments forming the Lena river terraces (Northeastern Siberia)6
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