Radionuclide dating of recent sediment and the validation of pollen-environment reconstruction in a small watershed reservoir in southeastern China》.pdf

Catena 115 (2014) 29–38 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Catena j ournal homepa ge: /l ocate/ catena Radionuclide dating of recent sediment and the validation of pollen-environment reconstruction in a small watershed reservoir in southeastern China Bishan Chen a, Zhuo Zheng a, Kangyou Huang a,⁎, Yanwei Zheng b, Guifang Zhang a, Qinghua Zhang a, Xulei Huang a a Department of Earth Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China b Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangzhou 510070, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A 76 cm sediment core was collected from the Huangdong Reservoir (southeastern China). The radionuclides Received 18 April 2013 137Cs and 210Pb and sediment grain size analysis were applied to establish the chronology and modern sedimen- Received in revised form 14 November 2013 tation rates. The chronology established by the 137Cs time markers was consistent with the Constant Flux Accepted 14 November 2013 Constant Sedimentation (CFCS) model and the known time of dam construction (1960 AD) recognized from the curve of sediment grain size at the depth of 54 cm. The results show that the sedimentation rate of the Keywords: Huangdong Reservoir is relatively high, implying that soil erosion and water loss were strong. The sedimentation Radionuclide dating Reservoir rate before the construct