长江三角洲下切河谷全新世以来千年尺度海岸线变迁及沉积环境演化

Millennium-scale coastline changes and sedimentary environment evolution in the incised valley of the Yangtze River Delta since the Holocene

  • 摘要: 长江三角洲地区具有低海拔、沉积速率大、人口密度高、人地关系矛盾突出等特点,也是受全球气候变暖、海平面上升影响最大的区域之一。恢复长江三角洲全新世以来的区域海岸线变迁,有助于理解该地区对未来海平面上升的响应。本研究以长江三角洲下切河谷顶端YZSW4孔为研究对象,建立全新世以来高分辨率的地层序列,并结合已发表的钻孔,建立高程-年龄-沉积相等基本属性的数据集,恢复长江三角洲古地形地貌,并探讨三角洲的演变过程和影响因素。结果表明:红桥亚三角洲和黄桥亚三角洲在11.0~9.0 kaBP、9.0~7.0 kaBP、7.0~4.0 kaBP、4.0~0 kaBP4个阶段的沉积环境分别为潮汐河道、河口湾、三角洲前缘、三角洲平原,沉积速率呈现高-低-高-低的特征,红桥、黄桥沙坝并不是按照形成的先后相互衔接的,而是具有同期性,形成时间为7.6~4.0 ka。全新世以来,长江三角洲的堆积作用受控于古河口的位置、轮廓形状及海平面变化,11.0~9.0 ka,海平面快速上升,大量沉积物在古河口附近堆积下来;9.0~7.0 ka,为强潮型的河口湾,沉积物在远离湾顶的区域堆积;7.0 ka以来,海平面趋于稳定,在古河口附近堆积。

     

    Abstract: The Yangtze River Delta region is characterized by low altitude, rapid sedimentation rate, high population density, and high demographic conflict, making it one of the regions most affected by global warming and sea level rise in China. The reconversion of regional coastline changes since the Holocene is helping to understand the region's response to future sea-level rise. In this study, the lithology, radiocarbon ages, sediment grain size of the YZSW4 core, located in the incised-valley fills beneath the westernmost part of the Yangtze River Delta, were analyzed. By integrating this data with the previously published ones of drilling cores, a dataset on elevation-age-sediment facies was established, allowing us for the reconstruction of the millennium-scale coastline and sedimentary environment. Results indicate that the sedimentary environments of the Hongqiao subdelta and Huangqiao subdelta in the four stages of 11.0~9.0 ka, 9.0~7.0 ka, 7.0~4.0 ka, and 4.0~0 ka were characterized by tidal channels, estuaries, delta fronts, and delta plains, respectively. The sedimentation rates exhibited a pattern of high-low-high-low on average of 4.21 mm/a, 1.98 mm/a, 4.04 mm/a, 1.80 mm/a, respectively. The Hongqiao and Huangqiao sand bars were found to have formed simultaneously rather than in sequence, with both being tidal sands mainly formed between 7.6~4.0 ka. Since the Holocene, the accumulation of the Yangtze River Delta was controlled by the sea-level change, as well as the position and shape of the paleo-estuary. From 11.0 to 9.0 ka, there was a rapid sea level rise, leading to significant sediment deposition near the paleo-estuary. Between 9.0–7.0 ka, a strong tidal estuary developed, resulting in sediment accumulation further away from estuary area. After 7.0 ka, the sea level stabilized, and sediment began accumulating near the paleo-estuary.

     

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