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Sand-loess sequences in the desert-loess transition zone are sensitive terrestrial archives for recording past climatic changes and atmospheric dust activities. However, a high-resolution chronology for relative long-term sand-loess sequences is still rare. In this study, we used quartz SAR OSL and K-feldspar pIRIR (pIRIR(290)) methods to date a 16.8 m sand-loess sequence at Zhenbeitai in Yulin (North-Central China). The quartz is sensitive, fast component dominated but saturates at similar to 150 Gy. The measured K-feldspar pIRIR(290) D-e showed no dependency on the first IR stimulation temperature between 50 degrees C and 260 degrees C. Dose recovery results were consistent with unity up to similar to 800 Gy for a test dose of approximately 30% of the equivalent dose to be measured. The resulting pIRIR(290) ages are consistent with the stratigraphy up to similar to 121 ka. Thus, a high-resolution chronology up to the last interglacial could be established for the Zhenbeitai sand-loess section. Derived mass accumulation rates show sedimentation rates of similar to 10-80 cm/ka for the upper loess (< 10 ka) and similar to 15-30 cm/ka for the loess deposits between 57 and 111 ka. Interbedded sands (similar to 10-65 cm/ka) suggest active dunes in the Mu Us desert during similar to 17-10 ka. We found a depositional hiatus of loess between similar to 47 ka and 17 ka. The Zhenbeitai sand loess sequence provides a sensitive record of regional climatic changes in this semiarid zone since last interglacial period.