Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
    • Journal home
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Geological Society home
  • Content
    • Online First
    • Issue in progress
    • All issues
    • Thematic Collections
    • Supplementary publications
    • Open Access
  • Subscribe
    • GSL fellows
    • Institutions
    • Corporate
    • Other member types
  • Info
    • Authors
    • Librarians
    • Readers
    • GSL Fellows access
    • Other member type access
    • Press office
    • Accessibility
    • Help
    • Metrics
  • Alert sign up
    • eTOC alerts
    • Online First alerts
    • RSS feeds
    • Newsletters
    • GSL blog
  • Submit
  • Geological Society of London Publications
    • Engineering Geology Special Publications
    • Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
    • Journal of Micropalaeontology
    • Journal of the Geological Society
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Memoirs
    • Petroleum Geology Conference Series
    • Petroleum Geoscience
    • Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
    • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
    • Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
    • Scottish Journal of Geology
    • Special Publications
    • Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of London

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geological Society of London Publications
    • Engineering Geology Special Publications
    • Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
    • Journal of Micropalaeontology
    • Journal of the Geological Society
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Memoirs
    • Petroleum Geology Conference Series
    • Petroleum Geoscience
    • Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
    • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
    • Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
    • Scottish Journal of Geology
    • Special Publications
    • Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of London
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
  • Follow gsl on Twitter
  • Visit gsl on Facebook
  • Visit gsl on Youtube
  • Visit gsl on Linkedin
Journal of the Geological Society

Advanced search

  • Home
    • Journal home
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Geological Society home
  • Content
    • Online First
    • Issue in progress
    • All issues
    • Thematic Collections
    • Supplementary publications
    • Open Access
  • Subscribe
    • GSL fellows
    • Institutions
    • Corporate
    • Other member types
  • Info
    • Authors
    • Librarians
    • Readers
    • GSL Fellows access
    • Other member type access
    • Press office
    • Accessibility
    • Help
    • Metrics
  • Alert sign up
    • eTOC alerts
    • Online First alerts
    • RSS feeds
    • Newsletters
    • GSL blog
  • Submit

Distribution of strontium isotopes in river waters across the Tarim Basin: a map for migration studies

View ORCID ProfileXueye Wang, Zihua Tang and View ORCID ProfileXinxin Dong
Journal of the Geological Society, 175, 967-973, 10 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-074
Xueye Wang
1Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
2Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Xueye Wang
  • For correspondence: wangxueye@mail.iggcas.ac.cn tangzihua@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Zihua Tang
1Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
2Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
4CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: wangxueye@mail.iggcas.ac.cn tangzihua@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Xinxin Dong
5Bureau of General Affairs, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Xinxin Dong
PreviousNext
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

As the junction of the Silk Roads, the Tarim Basin played a critical role in human migration and cultural interaction between the East and the West. Recently, population migration patterns have been increasingly reconstructed from strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) in archaeological human skeletons, and further constraints on their provenance require a bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr map across the basin. Based on measurement data from 44 river samples in this study and 29 samples from published data, we generate the first map of bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr values across the Tarim Basin and the neighbouring area. From the baseline map, three geologically distinct regions can be identified: (1) the Yili Block, Tian Shan orogenic belt and northern Tarim Block with lower ratios (0.7105 ± 0.0007 (1σ), n = 25); (2) the southern Tarim Block with higher ratios (0.7118 ± 0.0008, n = 29); and (3) the eastern Pamir Block with diverse values (0.7110 ± 0.0009, n = 19). This map is a promising tool for recognizing the origins of immigrants in the Tarim Basin and may aid understanding of the migration patterns and cultural communication along the Silk Roads.

  • © 2018 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved
View Full Text

Please note that if you are logged into the Lyell Collection and attempt to access content that is outside of your subscription entitlement you will be presented with a new login screen. You have the option to pay to view this content if you choose. Please see the relevant links below for further assistance.

INDIVIDUALS

Log in using your username and password

– GSL fellows: log in with your Lyell username and password. (Please check your access entitlements at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/fellowsaccess)
– Other users: log in with the username and password you created when you registered. Help for other users is at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/lyellcollection_faqs
Forgot your username or password?

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article for 24 hours and download the PDF within the access period. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one. To download the PDF, click the 'Purchased Content' link in the receipt email.

LIBRARY USERS

Log in through your institution

You may be able to gain access using your login credentials for your institution. Contact your library if you do not have a username and password.
If your organization uses OpenAthens, you can log in using your OpenAthens username and password. To check if your institution is supported, please see this list. Contact your library for more details.
If you think you should have access, please contact your librarian or email sales@geolsoc.org.uk

LIBRARIANS

Administer your subscription.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about the Lyell Collection publications website, please see the access help page or contact sales@geolsoc.org.uk

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of the Geological Society: 175 (6)
Journal of the Geological Society
Volume 175, Issue 6
November 2018
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Citation tools

Distribution of strontium isotopes in river waters across the Tarim Basin: a map for migration studies

Xueye Wang, Zihua Tang and Xinxin Dong
Journal of the Geological Society, 175, 967-973, 10 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-074
Xueye Wang
1Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
2Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Xueye Wang
  • For correspondence: wangxueye@mail.iggcas.ac.cn tangzihua@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Zihua Tang
1Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
2Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
4CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: wangxueye@mail.iggcas.ac.cn tangzihua@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
Xinxin Dong
5Bureau of General Affairs, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100864, China
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Xinxin Dong

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Permissions
View PDF
Share

Distribution of strontium isotopes in river waters across the Tarim Basin: a map for migration studies

Xueye Wang, Zihua Tang and Xinxin Dong
Journal of the Geological Society, 175, 967-973, 10 August 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2018-074
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
Email to

Thank you for sharing this Journal of the Geological Society article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Distribution of strontium isotopes in river waters across the Tarim Basin: a map for migration studies
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Journal of the Geological Society
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in Journal of the Geological Society.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Print
Download PPT
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Geological setting
    • Material and methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Conclusions
    • Acknowledgements
    • Funding
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

Similar Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

  • Tracking Prototethyan assembly felsic magmatic suites in southern Yunnan (SW China): Evidence for an Early Ordovician-Early Silurian arc-back arc system
  • Putative arthropod trace fossils from the Orcadian Basin at Achanarras Quarry (Middle Devonian of Scotland)
  • Geodynamic evolution of the Tunisian margin during the Albian–Cenomanian: structural evidence of the Austrian orogenic phase and the early tectonic inversion of the Tunisian Atlas
Show more: Research article
  • Most read
  • Most cited
Loading
  • Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate
  • Terrestrial stratigraphical division in the Quaternary and its correlation
  • The nature and origins of decametre-scale porosity in Ordovician carbonate rocks, Halahatang oilfield, Tarim Basin, China
  • A revised age, structural model and origin for the North Pennine Orefield in the Alston Block, N. England: Intrusion (Whin Sill)-related base metal (Cu-Pb-Zn-F) mineralization
  • Segmentation of the Caledonian orogenic infrastructure and exhumation of the Western Gneiss Region during transtensional collapse
More...

Journal of the Geological Society

  • About the journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Submit a manuscript
  • Author information
  • Supplementary Publications
  • Subscribe
  • Pay per view
  • Alerts & RSS
  • Copyright & Permissions
  • Activate Online Subscription
  • Feedback
  • Help

Lyell Collection

  • About the Lyell Collection
  • Lyell Collection homepage
  • Collections
  • Open Access Collection
  • Open Access Policy
  • Lyell Collection access help
  • Recommend to your Library
  • Lyell Collection Sponsors
  • MARC records
  • Digital preservation
  • Developing countries
  • Geofacets
  • Manage your account
  • Cookies

The Geological Society

  • About the Society
  • Join the Society
  • Benefits for Members
  • Online Bookshop
  • Publishing policies
  • Awards, Grants & Bursaries
  • Education & Careers
  • Events
  • Geoscientist Online
  • Library & Information Services
  • Policy & Media
  • Society blog
  • Contact the Society

Published by The Geological Society of London, registered charity number 210161

Print ISSN 
0016-7649
Online ISSN 
2041-479X

Copyright © 2021 Geological Society of London