Grain size and luminescence data from the Orog Nuur Basin (Mongolia)@en

The data comprise sample locations and results of grain size measurements and optically stimulated luminescence dating of sediments from the Orog Nuur Basin (southern Mongolia).

Samples were taken in order to gain a comprehensive sedimentological and geochronological overview over late Quaternary sediment cascades and respective archives. Grain size measurements were conducted in Aachen using a Beckmann Coulter Laser Particle Sizer. OSL data were obtained in the Luminescence lab of Cologne University. Samples were classified into 7 sediment archives according to the field description and grain size analysis (fluvial, beach ridge, lacustrine, littoral sand, dune sand, basin silty sands, and mountain silt). The grain size statistics is presented in the .xlsx-table according to this classification. The combination of sedimentological, geomorphologic and geochronological observations led to a late Quaternary landscape reconstruction, including alluvial fan evolution, lake level history and aeolian dynamics in this arid region of the northern Gobi Desert.