SPORO-POLLEN RECORDS OF 15 226~5 550 cal.aBP ON ZHEJIANG COAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL CHANGE

LIAN Linlin; ZHANG Liping; ZHANG Miaoxian; WANG Wenyan; WANG Xiaoyun

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04011

2014 Vol. 34, No. 4

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LIAN Linlin, ZHANG Liping, ZHANG Miaoxian, WANG Wenyan, WANG Xiaoyun. SPORO-POLLEN RECORDS OF 15 226~5 550 cal.aBP ON ZHEJIANG COAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL CHANGE[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(4): 11-19. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04011

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LIAN Linlin, ZHANG Liping, ZHANG Miaoxian, WANG Wenyan, WANG Xiaoyun. SPORO-POLLEN RECORDS OF 15 226~5 550 cal.aBP ON ZHEJIANG COAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL CHANGE[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(4): 11-19. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.04011

SPORO-POLLEN RECORDS OF 15 226~5 550 cal.aBP ON ZHEJIANG COAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL CHANGE

1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil and Plant Nutrition, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environment al Remediation and Ecological Health, Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environment Sciences, College of Environment and Resource Sciences of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
2 Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China

Received Date: 04 September 2013

Revised Date: 10 March 2014

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Abstract

Three cultural ruins at the Mouse Mountain, Lingshan and Hemudu along the south, central and north coast of Zhejiang Province respectively are studied in this paper with the soil samples acquired there. The regional paleoenvironment and sea-level changes during the time of (15 226~5 550) cal. aBP are analyzed on the basis of 14C dating data and sporo-pollen records. The impact of paleoenvironmental change and sea-level fluctuation on the formation and development of the Hemudu culture is discussed. Our results reveal that during the period of (15 226±256)~(9 778±77) cal. aBP, most of the region is suffered from seawater intrusion and phycophyta was booming. During the period of (9 778±77) cal~(5 550±48) cal. aBP, the region was rather warm and wet, and dominated by wetland marsh. Plants, which favoured a warm and humid environment, dominated with few phycophyta. Two transgressions and two regressions are recognized from the geological records during (15 226±256)~(5 550±48) cal. aBP. The first time of transgression happened in the period from (15 226±256) cal. aBP to (13 600±130) cal. aBP when the climate was mild and semi-humid, and our results suggest that the sea level in that period was higher than the present. Possibly due to the effect of the Younger Dryas Event, the sea level dropped during (13 600±130)~(9 778±77) cal. aBP, and the climate was relatively cold and dry. Climate became warmer again during the period of (9 778±77) cal. aBP to (7 372±36) cal. aBP, which caused the second time of seawater transgression. During (7 372±36)~(5 550±48) cal. aBP, there started the second period of seawater dropping. However, the sea level falling was not big enough to harm the growth of a variety of vegetations. As the result, the Hemudu culture appeared and was prosperously developed until the region was ruined by salt tide and the flooding later on. Changes in the water environment caused by paleoclimate and sea-level fluctuations are the main reason for the rise and fall of the Hemudu culture.
- sporo-pollen /
- sea-level change /
- Hemudu culture /
- Zhejiang coast

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