Sedimentary characteristics and paleoenvironmental evolution of the northwest coast of the Taiwan Shoal since Late Pleistocene

ZHAO Dongbo; SUN Rongtao; JIANG Hengyi; LI Dong

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020022801

2021 Vol. 41, No. 2

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ZHAO Dongbo, SUN Rongtao, JIANG Hengyi, LI Dong. Sedimentary characteristics and paleoenvironmental evolution of the northwest coast of the Taiwan Shoal since Late Pleistocene[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(2): 53-63. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020022801

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ZHAO Dongbo, SUN Rongtao, JIANG Hengyi, LI Dong. Sedimentary characteristics and paleoenvironmental evolution of the northwest coast of the Taiwan Shoal since Late Pleistocene[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(2): 53-63. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020022801

Sedimentary characteristics and paleoenvironmental evolution of the northwest coast of the Taiwan Shoal since Late Pleistocene

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Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Management Technology Study, Fujian Province, Fujian Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen 361013, China
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School of resources & environment engineering, Shandong University of technology, Zibo 255000, China

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Corresponding author: SUN Rongtao, rtsun@sdut.edu.cn

Received Date: 28 February 2020

Revised Date: 31 August 2020

Publish Date: 28 April 2021

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ZK2, a shallow drilling core taken from the northwest Taiwan Shoal off the coast of the Dongshan Island, Fujian Province, is studied for establishing the stratigraphic sequence and paleoenvironmental evolution of the shoal. According to the data of AMS¹⁴C dating, grain size, micro-paleontology and detrital and clay minerals, two marine strata and two terrestrial strata are recognized. The top marine stratum is a mixture of modern sediments and the late Pleistocene relict deposits formed by tidal current since the Holocene high sea level, and the bottom terrestrial layer is a fluvial deposit formed during the MIS4 when the sea level was low. The fine-grained strata in the middle can be further divided into two layers. The lower layer is formed in MIS3 in a frequently changing environment from lagoon, to tidal flat or salt marsh, while the upper layer is the filling deposits in incised valleys formed during the period from MIS3 to the peak of LGM. The southern Taiwan Strait had experienced obvious tectonic subsidence during MIS3, but emerged above the sea level in LGM and left a hiatus or discontinuity behind. This paper provides some new evidence for further research of sedimentology, stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental evolution of the region from the northwestern margin of the Taiwan Shoal to the southeast coastal area of the Fujian Province.
- sedimentary characteristics /
- paleoenvironmental evolution /
- Late Pleistocene /
- Taiwan Shoal

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