Discussion on evolution of Min Jiang River: Heavy mineral evidence from the Quaternary fluvial sediments in Yibin area,Sichuan Province
Li Lei1, Xiang Fang2,3, Liu Yi-Ming4, Tai Zi-Han1
1 College of Earth Sciences,Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059,China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059,China; 3 Institute of Sedimentary Geology,Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059,China; 4 Jiangxi Electric Power Design Institute, Nanchang 330000,China
Abstract Heavy minerals deposited on river terraces can be used to reflect source rock properties and reveal river evolutionary processes. This study focused on the heavy minerals deposited in the lower Min Jiang River terraces and in the modern deposits. We studied paleo-current direction, characteristics of the heavy mineral assemblages, characteristic metamorphic minerals and heavy mineral characteristic indices. The results show that the lower reaches of the Min Jiang River Ⅴ- to Ⅲ-level terrace deposits consist dominantly of magmatic rock type, which mainly comes from the Longmen Shan mountain tectonic belt. The heavy minerals deposited in modern sediment come from the Songpan-Ganzi fold belt. The heavy mineral characteristic indices suggest that this change is due to headward erosion of the Min Jiang River. Affected by the phase B of the Kunhuang movement, the Min Jiang River was incised to the Wenchuan area at 0.73-0.7 Ma and the Ⅴ-level terrace formed. The Min Jiang River was strongly cut down at 0.5-0.3 Ma due to the phase C of the Kunhuang movement, and as a result the Ⅳ-level terrace formed. Influenced by Gonghe movement, the Min Jiang River was incised to the stone mark and Ⅲ-level terrace formed in 0.11-0.09 Ma. After that, the modern Min Jiang River was formed at around 27 ka.
Fund:National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41572093,41972101)
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Xiang Fang,born in 1974,is a professor and doctoral supervisor. She is mainly engaged in researches on sedimentary petrology,lithofacies palaeogeography and Quaternary geomorphology. E-mail: cdxiangfang@126.com.
About author: Li Lei,born in 1996,is a master's degree candidate. He majors in Quaternary geology. E-mail: lileicdut@126.com.
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Li Lei,Xiang Fang,Liu Yi-Ming et al. Discussion on evolution of Min Jiang River: Heavy mineral evidence from the Quaternary fluvial sediments in Yibin area,Sichuan Province[J]. JOPC, 2020, 22(4): 761-774.
Li Lei,Xiang Fang,Liu Yi-Ming et al. Discussion on evolution of Min Jiang River: Heavy mineral evidence from the Quaternary fluvial sediments in Yibin area,Sichuan Province[J]. JOPC, 2020, 22(4): 761-774.
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