Preface Liu Dongsheng Foreword Qiu Shihua Part I Basic principles and techniques of 14C dating Chapter 1 Basic principles of 14C dating and its historic development Cai Lianzhen 1 Basic principles and set-up of 14C dating method 2 Development of 24C dating method and its applications 3 Miscellaneous problems in 14C dating Chapter 2 Sample collection Cai Lianzhen 1 Requirements in sample collection 2 Collection of archaeological samples 3 Collection of geological samples and samples of other kinds Chapter 3 Chemical treatment of samples Yuan Sixun 1 Pretreatment 2 Chemical procedure for sample treatment Chapter 4 Counting of samples Qiu Shihua 1 Gas proportional counter 2 Liquid scintillation counter 3 Problems in 14C counting 4 Accelerator-mass-spectrometry technique Chapter 5 Accuracy and precision in 14C dating Chen Tiemei 1 Statistic uncertainties in 14C dating 2 Experimental uncertainties in 14C dating 3 Uncertainties caused by deviation from the basic assumptions chapter 6 Modern standard for 14C dating Qiu Shihua 1 Necessity for establishment of modern standard for 14C dating 2 The international standard materials 3 The Chinese Sucrose Charcoal Standard Part Ⅱ Application of 14C dating to late-Quaternary studies Chapter 7 14C chronology and late-Quaternary stratigraphy Peng Gui and Sun Jianzhong 1 Introduction 2 Significance and troubles in 14C dating for late-Quaternary stratigraphical studies 3 Principles and basis in stratigraphy 4 14C stratigraphy in variousareas 5 Comparison tables of 14C chronology Chapter 8 14C dating for studies of tj#ele,glacier and ice-margin phenomena Gu Gongshu and Li Xingguo 1 Feasibility of 14C dating method for tj#ele and glacier samples 2 Application of 14C dating to glacier study 3 Application of 14C dating to tj#ele study 4 Representativeness of 14C samples collected in glacier and tj#ele areas 5 Ice margin phenomena Chapter 9 14C dating for study of saline lake evolution on Qinghai-Ti-bet Plateau Huang Qi 1 Dating of saline lake sediments with 14C method 2 Evolution of saline lakes on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during late-pleistocene Chapter 10 Application of 14C dating to loess study Qiao Yulou and Shen Chengde 1 Criteria of suitability and reliability of 14C ages for loess samples 2 Case study of 14C dating for loess profiles 3 Chronology of loess stratigraphy Chapter 11 14C dating and study of evolution of rivers and lakes Cao Qiongying and Zhao Xitao 1 Introduction 2 River courseva riation for lower reach of Yangtze river during the last 18,000 years 3 Formation and evolution of plains and lakes in areas of lower reach of Yangtze River Chapter 12 14C dating and study of peat and bog development Li Xanding and Leng Xue tian 1 14C chronology and study of peat and bog development 2 Time and space distribution pattern of peat development in China 3 14C dating of peat samples Chapter 13 14C dating of speleothem samples Yuan Sixun 1 Chemical composition of cave sediment and 14C dating 2 Reliability of 14C dating for speleothem samples 3 Study and 14C dating of speleothem samples in China 4 Travertine sediment outside caves Chapter 14 14C isotope study of groundwater Li Xingguo 1 Study of 14C in groundwater 2 Collection and treatment of groundwater samples 3 Age calculation for groundwater and correction for dilution effect of carbonate rock 4 Application of 14C to groundwater studies Chapter 15 14C dating and evolution of river deltas Cao Min,Liu Cangzi and Huang Weikai 1 Stratigraphical study in delta-areas 2 Recovery of the historical process of delta variation 3 Determination of sedimentation rate in delta-areas Chapter 16 Sea-level changes and shoreline variations Zhao Xitao and Zhang Jingwen 1 Introduction 2 Palaeoshoreline,palaeosealevel and their main marks 3 Shoreline variations 4 Sea-level changes 5 Conclusion Chapter 17 14C timemark for study of tectonic movement Peng Gui 1 Time-scales of active faulting,assessment of the rate of the horizontal displacement 2 Assessment of the rate of Crust's vertical movement 3 Determination of time limits of earthquakes in the past 4 Problems to be studied Chapter 18 Application of 14C dating to engineering geology Cao Qiongying 1 Application of 14C dating to foundation exploration for capital constructions 2 Application of 14C dating for selection of harbour sites 3 Application of 14C dating to hydraulic engineering Chapter 19 Atmospheric variation of 14C Chen Tiemei 1 Experimental evidences of atmospheric variation of and its implications 2 Production rate of 14C on Earth and global carbon circulation 3 Natural 14C variation of atmospheric and its causes 4 Atmospheric 14C variation caused by human activities Chapter 20 Application of 14C dating to palaeoanthropology and palae-vertebrate studies Li Xingguo Chapter 21 14C dating and Chinese archaeology Qiu Shihua and Cai Lianzhen 1 14C dating of sites of late-palaeolithic period 2 14C dating of neolithic sites of different culture 3 14C dating helps exploration and identification of Xia Culture 4 14C dating in archaeology of historical period 5 Difficulties and prospect in application of 14C dating to archaeological studies REFERENCE
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