Quaternary stratigraphy and trace-element indices of the Yangtze delta, eastern China, with special reference to marine transgressions

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作者
Chen, ZY [1 ]
Chen, ZL [1 ]
Zhang, WG [1 ]
机构
[1] E CHINA NORMAL UNIV,STATE KEY LAB ESTUARINE & COASTAL RES,SHANGHAI 200062,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1006/qres.1996.1878
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P9 [自然地理学];
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0705 ; 070501 ;
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The Quaternary stratigraphy of the Yangtze delta has been revealed by a deep (344.64 m) continuous borehole, the sediments of which are divided into four sections, the Early (Q(1)), Middle (Q(2)), and Late Pleistocene (Q(3)), and the Holocene (Q(4)). Six lithofacies include lacustrine, fluvial, coastal, drowned river channel, deltaic, and shallow marine in these time periods. The fluvial and lacustrine lithofacies prevailed during Q(1) and Q(2); coastal and drowned river channel lithofacies periodically appeared in Q(1), Q(2), and Q(3); shallow marine lithofacies dominated Q(3); and deltaic lithofacies occurred in Q(4). Based on stratigraphy, four transgressive events are inferred. Trace-element (Sr, Ba, B, Ga, V) content and ratios of Sr/Ba and B/Ga are considered with regard to their distribution in the various lithofacies. Geochemical facies criteria are established based on combined diagnostic indices: Sr > 160 ppm, B > 90 ppm, Sr/Ba > 0.35, B/Ga > 4.0 for the shallow marine lithofacies; Sr < 90 ppm, B < 50 ppm, Sr/Ba < 0.2, B/Ga < 2.5 for the terrigenous lithofacies. These indices correspond well to paleosalinity data obtained using the sedimentary phosphate method (Ca/Ca + Fe). Transgressive events identified by the geochemical indices are mostly the same as reflected by marine fossils. Nevertheless, geochemical indices can indicate the occurrence of a weak transgression, where marine fossils are rare. (C) 1997 University of Washington.
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