EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENT DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY IN WANQINGSHA AREA OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA

WANG Jianhua; CAO Linglong; WANG Xiaojing; YANG Xiaoqiang; YANG Jie; SU Zhihua

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.06035

Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology > 2009 > 29(6): 35-41. > DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.06035

WANG Jianhua, CAO Linglong, WANG Xiaojing, YANG Xiaoqiang, YANG Jie, SU Zhihua. EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENT DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY IN WANQINGSHA AREA OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2009, 29(6): 35-41. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.06035

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EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENT DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY IN WANQINGSHA AREA OF THE PEARL RIVER DELTA

1 Department of Earth Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2 South China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, China

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Received Date: May 29, 2009
Revised Date: September 15, 2009

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Through the comprehensive analysis on chronostratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoenvironment of core GZ-2 in Wanqingsha area of the Pearl River delta, it is suggested that the Holocene sedimentation began from the depth of -15.37 m (about 6 kaBP), and strata below this level to the depth of -40.35 m belong to middle-late late Pleistocene with a maximum dating value around 43 kaBP, contemporaneous with the earliest deposit in the Pearl River delta. In the profile, two cycles of transgression-regression can be recognized:the middle-late late Pleistocene(consisting of 4 sub-cycles) and the Holocene(consisting of 2 sub-cycles). It still has, in this area, fluvial-lake deposition facies during the lower sea level period of the Last Glaciation. The reconsruction of relative sea-level change curve of the Pearl River delta based on the multi-proxy index analysis indicates that the highest sea level period of the middle-late late Pleistocene was around 26~24 kaBP, and that of the Holocene was around 6~2.5 kaBP. The late Quaternary paleoenvironment evolution in the Pearl River delta was obviously controlled by global paleoenvironment changes.
- sedimentary facies,
- sea level,
- paleoenvironment,
- Quaternary,
- Pearl River delta

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