Eolian evidence from the Chinese Loess Plateau: the onset of the Late Cenozoic Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere and Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift forcing   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Zhisheng An  Sumin Wang  Xihao Wu  Mingyang Chen  Donghuai Sun  Xiuming Liu  Fubao Wang  Li Li  Youbin Sun  Weijian Zhou  Jie Zhou  Xiaodong Liu  Huayu Lu  Yunxiang Zhang  Guangrong Dong  Xiaoke Qiang 《中国科学D辑(英文版)》1999,42(3):258-271

On the basis of a newly-constructed record of magnetic susceptibility (SUS) and the depositional rate change of eolian loess-red clay sequences in the last 7.2 Ma BP from the hea Plateau, together with a cornperison of a record of °¹⁸O values from the equatorial East Pacific Ocean and eolian Quartz flux variations fmm the North Pacific Ocean, the evolutiomuy process of the Late Cenozoic Great Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere can be divided into three stages: the arrival stage around 7.2–3.4 Ma BP, the initial stage at about 3.4—2.6 Ma BP, and the Great Ice Age since 2.6 Ma BP. The evolution of the East Asian monsoon is characterized by paid winter and summer monsoons, and it is basically composed of the initial stage of weak winter and summer monsoons, the transitional stage of simultaneous increase in intensity of winter and summer monsoons, and the prevailing stage of strong winter and week summer monsoons, or weak winter and strong summer monsoons. The Late Cenowic global tectonic uplift, paaicdarly the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau uplift and the associated CO₂ concentration variation, controls the dng processes of the onset of Great Glaciation and the long-term changes of East Asian monsoom climate in the Northern Hemisphere to a large extent. The accelerating uplift of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau between 3.4 and 2.6 Ma BP provided an important driving force to global climiatic change. Project supported by the foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZ951-A1-402), the State Science and Technology Committee (Grant No. 95-pre-40)and the Chinese Nature Science Foundation (Grant No. 49672140)  相似文献   

华南南华纪南沱冰期海洋环境的沉积地球化学记录——来自黔东部南华系南沱组白云岩碳氧同位素和微量元素的证据     

沈洪娟  顾尚义  赵思凡  吴忠银  冯永 《地质论评》2020,66(1):214-228

新元古代"雪球地球"事件代表地球经历的极端气候条件,对其后的大气和海洋氧化、生物地球化学循环和真核生物的演化都产生了深远的影响。然而同冰期化学沉积岩的缺乏,严重制约了对冰期海洋环境的了解。笔者等在贵州松桃地区一钻孔岩芯南华系南沱组中采集到一套同冰期白云岩,为南沱冰期海洋环境研究提供了理想材料。岩芯中白云岩层位于南沱组下部,夹持于两套杂砾岩、粉砂质泥岩组合中间,厚度1.61 m。偏光显微镜和扫描电镜观察表明岩性为微晶白云岩。采用Delta V Advantage稳定同位素质谱仪分析白云岩的碳、氧同位素,测定结果为:δ~(18)O_(V-PDB)在-16.97‰～-8.37‰之间,δ~(13)C_(V-PDB)在-9.68‰～-8.42‰之间,与冰期前后碳同位素组成对比,δ~(13)C_(V-PDB)具显著低负值特征。电感耦合等离子体质谱仪(ICP-MS)微量元素分析结果表明:白云岩样品中铁、锰含量很高,铁含量的平均值约为92867×10~(-6),锰含量的平均值约为10644×10~(-6);Mn/Sr值较大,平均值约为26.89。综合碳、氧同位素的相关性及微量元素特征分析表明,南沱组同冰期白云岩碳同位素组成代表了原始的沉积记录。研究结果表明:①南沱组白云岩的出现反映了南沱冰期海洋中存在着开放的水体,这些开放水体为此时真核生物提供了重要的栖息场所。②南沱冰期海洋处于富铁缺氧的环境,白云岩中碳同位素低负值主要是甲烷厌氧氧化的结果。③同位素质量平衡计算表明,冰期海洋中较高比例的有机质埋藏和极其有限的大气-海洋气体交换导致了大气中氧浓度的升高。  相似文献   

秦岭中段现代和古代冰缘──冰川地貌特征     

奥斯特 《地球科学与环境学报》1994,(2)

现代气候条件下，秦岭中部（３３°５８＇Ｎ／１０７°４５＇Ｅ）３４００ｍ以上存在一具有冰缘地貌特征和冰川作用的高山草甸环境。冰冻泥流斜坡、千奇百怪的砾石和无植被覆盖的冰冻泥流、各种形式的冰阶和冰坎以及石环和石多边形等，组成了目前冰缘环境的地貌特征。在３４００ｍ以上发现了高山永久性冻土。通过冰蚀漏斗和冰融四地，证明在２９００～３３００ｍ之间秦岭中部存在一晚更新世时期的冰融地区。根据古冰斗和冰碛的地貌形态调查及形态测量分析，可得出如下假设：在拔仙台、酉跑马梁附近当时存在一个晚更新世时期的小冰盖，冰盖边缘派生了５个小的外流冰舌。在拔仙台附近的沟谷里一些冰碛地貌存在于２５００ｍ以上。笔者根据调查结果，划分了两个晚更新世时期的冰期，即太白Ⅰ和太白Ⅱ冰期。在这两个冰期之间，估计存在一间冰期。晚更新世３２５０～３３００ｍ的冰川雪线高度是根据太白Ⅰ冰期冰碛位置得出的。同目前所推测的现代冰川雪线位置相比，形成的雪线下降大约在１０００～１３００ｍ之间，没有观察到全新世冰川遗迹。  相似文献   

祁连山冷龙岭南坡晚第四纪冰川演化序列   总被引：11，自引：4，他引：7  

康建成  朱俊杰 《冰川冻土》1992,14(4):352-359

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Cosmogenic Be and Al exposure ages of tors and erratics, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland: Timescales for the development of a classic landscape of selective linear glacial erosion     

William M. Phillips  Adrian M. Hall  Ruth Mottram  L. Keith Fifield  David E. Sugden 《Geomorphology》2006,73(3-4):222-245

The occurrence of tors within glaciated regions has been widely cited as evidence for the preservation of relic pre-Quaternary landscapes beneath protective covers of non-erosive dry-based ice. Here, we test for the preservation of pre-Quaternary landscapes with cosmogenic surface exposure dating of tors. Numerous granite tors are present on summit plateaus in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland where they were covered by local ice caps many times during the Pleistocene. Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al data together with geomorphic relationships reveal that these landforms are more dynamic and younger than previously suspected. Many Cairngorm tors have been bulldozed and toppled along horizontal joints by ice motion, leaving event surfaces on tor remnants and erratics that can be dated with cosmogenic nuclides. As the surfaces have been subject to episodic burial by ice, an exposure model based upon ice and marine sediment core proxies for local glacial cover is necessary to interpret the cosmogenic nuclide data. Exposure ages and weathering characteristics of tors are closely correlated. Glacially modified tors and boulder erratics with slightly weathered surfaces have ¹⁰Be exposure ages of about 15 to 43 ka. Nuclide inheritance is present in many of these surfaces. Correction for inheritance indicates that the eastern Cairngorms were deglaciated at 15.6 ± 0.9 ka. Glacially modified tors with moderate to advanced weathering features have ¹⁰Be exposure ages of 19 to 92 ka. These surfaces were only slightly modified during the last glacial cycle and gained much of their exposure during the interstadial of marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 5 or earlier. Tors lacking evidence of glacial modification and exhibiting advanced weathering have ¹⁰Be exposure ages between 52 and 297 ka. Nuclide concentrations in these surfaces are probably controlled by bedrock erosion rates instead of discrete glacial events. Maximum erosion rates estimated from ¹⁰Be range from 2.8 to 12.0 mm/ka, with an error weighted mean of 4.1 ± 0.2 mm/ka. Three of these surfaces yield model exposure-plus-burial ages of 295_− 71^+ 84, 520_− 141^+ 178, and 626_− 85^+ 102 ka. A vertical cosmogenic nuclide profile across the oldest sampled tor indicates a long-term emergence rate of 31 ± 2 mm/ka. These findings show that dry-based ice caps are capable of substantially eroding tors by entraining blocks previously detached by weathering processes. Bedrock surfaces and erratic boulders in such settings are likely to have nuclide inheritance and may yield erroneous (too old) exposure ages. While many Cairngorm tors have survived multiple glacial cycles, rates of regolith stripping and bedrock erosion are too high to permit the widespread preservation of pre-Quaternary rock surfaces.  相似文献   

Reconstruction of a complex late Quaternary glacial landscape in the Cordillera de Cochabamba (Bolivia) based on a morphostratigraphic and multiple dating approach     

Jan-Hendrik May  Jana Zech  Frank Preusser  Jaime Argollo  Heinz Veit 《Quaternary Research》2011,76(1):106-118

Although glacial landscapes have previously been used for the reconstruction of late Quaternary glaciations in the Central Andes, only few data exist for the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia. Here, we present results from detailed morphostratigraphic mapping and new data of surface exposure dating (SED), optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), and radiocarbon dating (¹⁴C) from the Huara Loma Valley, Cordillera de Cochabamba (Bolivia). Discrepancies between individual dating methods could be addressed within the context of a solid geomorphic framework. We identified two major glaciations. The older is not well constrained by the available data, whereas the younger glaciation is subdivided into at least four major glacial stages. Regarding the latter, a first advance dated to ~ 29-25 ka occurred roughly contemporaneous with the onset of the global last glacial maximum (LGM) and was followed by a less extensive (re-)advance around 20-18 ka. The local last glacial maximum (LLGM) in the Huara Loma Valley took place during the humid lateglacial ~ 17-16 ka, followed by several smaller readvances until ~ 10-11 ka, and complete deglaciation at the end of the Early Holocene.  相似文献   

山西五台山滹沱群四集庄冰碛岩碎屑锆石年龄及其对大氧化事件研究意义   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

陈威宇  陈衍景  李秋根  李建荣  李凯月  疏孙平  陈西  佟子达 《地学前缘》2018,25(5):1-18

山西滹沱群四集庄组变质陆源碎屑混杂岩的砾石岩性复杂,分选和磨圆性差,砾石表面可见划痕和凹面,发育落石构造,表明其沉积于冰水过渡带环境,记录了华北克拉通古元古代冰期事件。四集庄组不同层位不同岩石的碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄集中于2.5 Ga左右,下部2件陆源碎屑混杂岩样品的碎屑锆石给出的最小年龄分别为(2 440±40) Ma和(2 400±23) Ma,而上部1件砂岩样品碎屑锆石的最小年龄为(2 121±22) Ma,说明冰川沉积作用发生在2.4 Ga之后, 2.1 Ga之前或2.1 Ga左右,与全球性休伦冰川事件(Huronian Glaciation Event,HGE)发生时间一致。砂岩相最小碎屑锆石年龄2.1 Ga左右,说明五台地区冰川事件之后沉积作用仍未结束,冰川沉积发生在陆缘广海盆地。四集庄组之上的大石岭组具有碳酸盐岩碳同位素正漂移,沉积于2.12 Ga之后,2.08 Ga之前,与全球碳酸盐岩碳同位素正漂移事件时间一致。青石村组的红层沉积于2.08 Ga左右,也与全球红层发育记录一致。华北克拉通滹沱群记录了相对完整的大氧化事件序列。  相似文献   

Vereisung und Meeresspiegel     

E. Seibold  I. Seibold 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1996,85(3):403-408

GLACIATION AND SEALEVEL — EARLY RESEARCH: Changes of sealevel positions depend on vertical crustal movements, different distributions of oceanic water masses and variations of ocean water volume. In spite of the fact that C. Maclaren explained the relations between the fluctuations of continental ice masses and ocean water volumes correctly in 1842, only two years after the classical paper of L. Agassiz, it took half a century to reach global agreement on the matter. Some examples of the different ways of research may illustrate the complex treatment of the problem, the fact that correct approaches were forgotten but wrong ideas were discussed for decades and the influence of geological authorities. However, some problems remain open even now, such as the exact dating of Pleistocene and Holocene sealevel fluctuations in different geological settings, or the influence of a changing geoid.

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The glacial extent and glacial advance/retreat asynchroncity in East Asia during Last Glaciation     

ZHANG Wei  CUI Zhijiu  LI Yonghua 《地理学报》2005,15(3):293-304

New dates for last glacial cycle in Tibetan bordering mountains and in East Asia show the glacial extent during the early/middle (MIS3-4) stage is larger than that of the late stage (MIS2) in last glacial cycle. It is asynchronous with the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets maximum and changes in oceanic circulation that predominately control global climate. In research areas, three seasonal precipitation patterns control the accumulation and ablation of glaciers. The modes of the westerlies and the East Asian mountains/islands in and along the Pacific Ocean are favorable to glacier advance with mainly winter precipitation accumulation. There was a global temperature-decreasing phase in the middle stage (MIS3b, 54-44 ka BP), when the glacier extent was larger than that in Last Glaciation Maximum due to the low temperature combined with high moisture. It is revealed that the Quaternary glaciers not only evolved with localization, but also maybe with globalization. The latest studies show a fact that the developmental characteristics of glaciers in high mountains or islands along the western Pacific Ocean are not in accord with those inland areas. Therefore, it can be concluded that glacier development exhibits regional differences. The study validates the reasonableness of the asynchronous advance theory, and ascertains that both the synchronous and asynchronous advance/retreat of glaciers existed from 30 ka BP to 10 ka BP. It is not suitable to emphasize the synchronicity between global ice-volume and glacier change.  相似文献   

Dates from an important early Late Pleistocene ice advance in the Aare valley, Switzerland     

Frank Preusser  Christian Schlüchter 《Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae》2004,97(2):245-253

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