PALEO-CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE LAST GLACIAL STAGE OF QUATERNARY IN THE TAISHAN MOUNTAIAN AREA

ZHANG Jianwei; LIU Jianxia; GUO Huiling; SHEN Weixing; WANG Xikui; CHEN Yan; LU Zhongcheng

2011 Vol. 27, No. 11

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ZHANG Jianwei, LIU Jianxia, GUO Huiling, SHEN Weixing, WANG Xikui, CHEN Yan, LU Zhongcheng. PALEO-CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE LAST GLACIAL STAGE OF QUATERNARY IN THE TAISHAN MOUNTAIAN AREA[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2011, 27(11): 45-50.

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PALEO-CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE LAST GLACIAL STAGE OF QUATERNARY IN THE TAISHAN MOUNTAIAN AREA

1 Qingdao Institute of Geo-Engineering Investigation, Qingdao 266071, China;
2 Mount Tai Management Committee, Tai'an 250013, Shandong, China;
3 College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130061, China

Received Date: 20 August 2011

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Abstract

Sediment samples were collected from the south slope of the Taishan Mountain for age dating and pollen studies in order to define the paleo-climate pattern during the last glacial period of the Quaternary. Dating data show that the sediments were formed 30.54 + 2.59kaB.P, approximately during the last glacial maximum. Palynological Assemblages were dominated by the cold coniferous species of "Selaginella + Artemisia + Chenopodiaceae" assemblage with "Pinus + Selaginella + Artemisia + Chenopodiaceae" as the major population, indicating a cold climate. Compared the modern temperature and precipitation at the Taishan Mountain with the current climate at Tianshan, Changbai and Lao Mountains, it is inferred that the temperature at the top of Taishan Mountain could be as low as -11.3 to -4.3℃, with high rainfall during the last glacial period.
- Taishan Mountain area /
- pollen analysis /
- modern climate /
- last glacial period