KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Fission track dating of ancient man site in Baise, China, and its significances in space research, paleomagnetism and stratigraphy | |
Guo, SL; Huang, W; Hao, XH; Chen, BL; Guo, SL (reprint author), Inst Atom Energy, POB 275 96, Beijing 102413, Peoples R China. | |
1997 | |
发表期刊 | RADIATION MEASUREMENTS |
ISSN | 1350-4487 |
卷号 | 28期号:1-6页码:565-570 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | A large number of artifacts (stone tools) have been discovered in Baise (Bose), Guangxi, China in recent years. They show that ancient man were living in the south of China during very ancient times. During excavation, tektites were discovered in the same layer of deposits as the stone tools. The structure of the layers of deposits in this site was never disturbed, which is the evidence that the stone tools were left behind by the ancient man at the time when the tektites fell on the earth, which were slowly covered over by layers of deposits. Fission track dating has been carried out on tektites. The age of the tektites is 0.732 +/- 0.039 Ma, which is also the age of the ancient man in Baise, Guangxi, China. The annealing degree of spontaneous fission tracks in the tektite was investigated by measuring track diameters. A correction of age for track fading has been made by track diameter technique. According to current understanding, tektites were formed by the impact of falling asteroids or comets on the earth's surface. The dating shows that a big impact occurred on the earth 0.732 Ma ago. The coincidence of the age of the tektites with the age of geomagnetic polarity reversal (similar to 0.73 Ma) from the Matuyama Epoch to the Brunhes Epoch proposes a plausible explanation that the possible cause of the geomagnetic polarity reversal is due to the big impact of space objects falling onto the earth. The result of the dating also set up a standard for inferring the ages of the deposits in South China as well as in South-East Asia where laterite (red soil) deposits exist in the entire region.; A large number of artifacts (stone tools) have been discovered in Baise (Bose), Guangxi, China in recent years. They show that ancient man were living in the south of China during very ancient times. During excavation, tektites were discovered in the same layer of deposits as the stone tools. The structure of the layers of deposits in this site was never disturbed, which is the evidence that the stone tools were left behind by the ancient man at the time when the tektites fell on the earth, which were slowly covered over by layers of deposits. Fission track dating has been carried out on tektites. The age of the tektites is 0.732 +/- 0.039 Ma, which is also the age of the ancient man in Baise, Guangxi, China. The annealing degree of spontaneous fission tracks in the tektite was investigated by measuring track diameters. A correction of age for track fading has been made by track diameter technique. According to current understanding, tektites were formed by the impact of falling asteroids or comets on the earth's surface. The dating shows that a big impact occurred on the earth 0.732 Ma ago. The coincidence of the age of the tektites with the age of geomagnetic polarity reversal (similar to 0.73 Ma) from the Matuyama Epoch to the Brunhes Epoch proposes a plausible explanation that the possible cause of the geomagnetic polarity reversal is due to the big impact of space objects falling onto the earth. The result of the dating also set up a standard for inferring the ages of the deposits in South China as well as in South-East Asia where laterite (red soil) deposits exist in the entire region. |
关键词 | Fission Track Dating Ancient Man Site Tektite Space Research Paleomagnetism Stratigraphy |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Technology |
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收录类别 | ISTP ; SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Nuclear Science & Technology |
WOS类目 | Nuclear Science & Technology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000071136700116 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4033 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | Guo, SL (reprint author), Inst Atom Energy, POB 275 96, Beijing 102413, Peoples R China. |
作者单位 | 1.Inst Atom Energy, Beijing 102413, Peoples R China 2.Acad Sinica, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Guo, SL,Huang, W,Hao, XH,et al. Fission track dating of ancient man site in Baise, China, and its significances in space research, paleomagnetism and stratigraphy[J]. RADIATION MEASUREMENTS,1997,28(1-6):565-570. |
APA | Guo, SL,Huang, W,Hao, XH,Chen, BL,&Guo, SL .(1997).Fission track dating of ancient man site in Baise, China, and its significances in space research, paleomagnetism and stratigraphy.RADIATION MEASUREMENTS,28(1-6),565-570. |
MLA | Guo, SL,et al."Fission track dating of ancient man site in Baise, China, and its significances in space research, paleomagnetism and stratigraphy".RADIATION MEASUREMENTS 28.1-6(1997):565-570. |
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