| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Frontiers In Quaternary Dating: Methodological Developments And Applications |
| Main Convener | Prof. Li-Ping Zhou (Peking University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Chuan-Chou Shen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Dr. Alexandru T Codilean (University of Wollongong, Australia) Dr. David Fink (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australia) |
| Session Description | Establishing chronological framework is one of the key components in all the Quaternary studies from environmental processes and climate changes to human history and biosphere evolution. Many of the recent progresses in Quaternary research are associated with the advances in geochronology through either development of new dating techniques or improvements in methodology, analytical procedures, data processing and instrumentation with the established methods. In this session, we aim to provide a platform for sharing latest progresses in both dating tools and applications in Quaternary science. Reports on technical innovations and methodological development in all the Quaternary dating methods are invited. So are novel and groundbreaking applications in the frontier of Quaternary research. Discussion on challenges in dating techniques based on physical and chemical principles and biological processes are welcomed, including paleomagnetism, cosmogenic nuclides (e.g. 14C, 10Be, 26Al, 36Cl, 21Ne and 129I), uranium-series, Ar/Ar, luminescence, electron spin resonance and more recently developed new methods. Studies involving multiple methods over a range of time scales with different resolutions are encouraged. So are integrated attempts to resolve key or longstanding issues in stratigraphical correlation, landscape evolution, and regional or global climate change. |