Temporal and spatial characteristics of Quaternary stratigraphy in Ningde area, Fujian Province and its indication of sea level change

WANG Jilong; LIN Fengzeng; PENG Bo; LIU Ping; ZHANG Chengcheng; LAO Jinxiu; LI Yue; YU Junjie; WU Bin; CHEN Jing

doi:10.12029/gc20210308001

2024 Vol. 51, No. 4

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WANG Jilong, LIN Fengzeng, PENG Bo, LIU Ping, ZHANG Chengcheng, LAO Jinxiu, LI Yue, YU Junjie, WU Bin, CHEN Jing. 2024. Temporal and spatial characteristics of Quaternary stratigraphy in Ningde area, Fujian Province and its indication of sea level change[J]. Geology in China, 51(4): 1342-1354. doi: 10.12029/gc20210308001

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WANG Jilong, LIN Fengzeng, PENG Bo, LIU Ping, ZHANG Chengcheng, LAO Jinxiu, LI Yue, YU Junjie, WU Bin, CHEN Jing. 2024. Temporal and spatial characteristics of Quaternary stratigraphy in Ningde area, Fujian Province and its indication of sea level change[J]. Geology in China, 51(4): 1342-1354. doi: 10.12029/gc20210308001

Temporal and spatial characteristics of Quaternary stratigraphy in Ningde area, Fujian Province and its indication of sea level change

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Nanjing Center, China Geological Survey, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, China
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Ningde Municipal People's Government, Ningde 352101, Fujian, China
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State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Jiangsu Institute of Geological Survey, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, China

Fund Project: Supported by the project of China Geological Survey (No.DD20189505) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41771226).

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Author Bio: WANG Jilong, male, born in 1992, engineer, engaged in Quaternary geological survey and research; E-mail: wangjilong@mail.cgs.gov.cn
Corresponding authors: WU Bin, male, born in 1982, senior engineer, engaged in basic geological survey and research of coastal zone; E-mail: 119825061@qq.com; CHEN Jing, female, born in 1977, professor, majors in natural geography and Quaternary geology; E-mail: jchen@geo.ecnu.edu.cn.

Received Date: 08 March 2021

Revised Date: 11 January 2022

Publish Date: 25 July 2024

Abstract

Abstract

This paper is the result of geological survey engineering.
Objective
Clarifying the Late Quaternary stratigraphic framework in Ningde area, Fujian can provide basic information to support the regional division of saline and freshwater, and new comparable information for the study of Late Quaternary marine intrusion in Eastern China.
Methods
Through lithological, chronological and micro−body paleontological analyses of hole NDGK2 and regional borehole comparisons, we reconstructed its Late Quaternary stratigraphic framework and further explored the regional stratigraphic spreading characteristics and evolutionary processes.
Results
The Quaternary stratigraphy of hole NDGK2 has been deposited since the Late Pleistocene, and there are three layers of dark gray clay from bottom to top, with ages of about 90 ka, 39–44 ka, and <10 ka, respectively.
Conclusions
The Quaternary stratigraphy of hole NDGK2 is developed on top of ancient weathering crust, and is mainly deposited since the late Middle Pleistocene−early Late Pleistocene. There are three layers of dark gray clay in the core of the borehole, all of which are likely to be deposited during the transgression period, and the three layers of dark gray clay may correspond to MIS5, MIS3 and MIS1 phases, respectively. The spatial difference of the development of dark gray clay layer shows that the transgression scope of MIS3 is wider than that of MIS5. At that time, the paleotopography was close to the modern topography, and the tectonic subsidence was obvious. After MIS3, the structure was relatively stable, and the most extensive transgression was formed with the influence of the maximum transgression surface in the Holocene.
- Late Quaternary /
- marine formation /
- ancient weathering crust /
- sea level change /
- stratigraphic age /
- geological survey engineering /
- coastal zone of Ningde

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