Transgressive sequence since the Late Pleistocene in Xiaolan Town-Wanqingsha area, Zhujiang River estuary
Xie Yecai1, Wang Qiang2, Long Gui1, Zhou Yang3, Zheng Zhimin1, Huang Xuefei1
1 Guangdong Geologic Survey Institute, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong 2 Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, China Geological Survey Bureau, Tianjin 300170 3 Key Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Ministry of Land and Resources, Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey Bureau, Guangzhou 510075, Guangdong
Abstract Based on AMS(accelerator mass spectrometry)14C dating data,analysis of microfossils(foraminifera, ostracoda,diatom),identification of marine bivalve and gastropoda,characteristics of sediment structures and color at the core materials from three standard drilling holes in Zhongshan area,Guangdong Province,combining with the study result of the borehole in adjacent Wanqingsha area,this paper noticed that these four drilling holes, located by E-W direction from the Xiaolan Town to Wanqingsha area, represent the interstream and incised-valley palaeogeographic units at LGM(last glacial maximum) in the Zhujiang River estuary area. Since 9 ka BP(14C cal age), the incised-valley, which was located in a more restricted sedimentary setting, started to accept the mud sediment, and this is different from in the cutting valley in Changjiang River Delta area and northern China coastal plain where occurred the sandy sediments. At about 7 cal ka BP, the maximum transgression occurred, and transgressive onlap happened upon the LGM weathered layer at interstream area,subsequently the delta formed. According to the correspondence relation between riverine sequence and sea level change,the complete river cycle in which no marine microfossil occurred should be correlated to MIS(marine isotope stage)3 transgression. Based on the buried terrance,and the dating technology cannot make a breakthrough for this segment since over 30 years ago,this paper would consider that there is such a possibility that the regional second thick rich-alluvirum red weathered layer from top to bottom would be sediments of the lowstand system tract of MIS4,and the lowest estuarine sedimentary unit which is rich in organic matter, and in which a few marine bivalves and gastropoda shells can be found, would be belonged to sediments of late MIS5.
About author: Xie Yecai,born in 1977,is a senior engineer of Quaternary geology at Guangdong Geologic Survey Institute. E-mail: xieyecai@foxmail.com. About the corresponding author Wang Qiang,born in 1945,is a professor of Quaternary geology and marine geology at Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources. E-mail: tjwq1945@163.com.
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Xie Yecai,Wang Qiang,Long Gui et al. Transgressive sequence since the Late Pleistocene in Xiaolan Town-Wanqingsha area, Zhujiang River estuary[J]. JOPC, 2014, 16(6): 835-852.
Xie Yecai,Wang Qiang,Long Gui et al. Transgressive sequence since the Late Pleistocene in Xiaolan Town-Wanqingsha area, Zhujiang River estuary[J]. JOPC, 2014, 16(6): 835-852.
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