晚新近纪以来中国北方堆积的风成红粘土-黄土序列是古气候信息的良好载体,在黄土高原北部的吴起地区存在一套湖相沉积物,层位上介于第四纪黄土与晚新近纪红粘土之间,但该古湖存在的具体时限尚不清楚.我们利用岩石磁学及古地磁年代学方...晚新近纪以来中国北方堆积的风成红粘土-黄土序列是古气候信息的良好载体,在黄土高原北部的吴起地区存在一套湖相沉积物,层位上介于第四纪黄土与晚新近纪红粘土之间,但该古湖存在的具体时限尚不清楚.我们利用岩石磁学及古地磁年代学方法并结合多种气候指标对代表"吴起古湖"的土佛寺剖面进行了初步研究,结果表明湖相沉积物中特征剩磁的载体主要为磁铁矿和赤铁矿,在此基础上得到的磁极性序列能很好地与国际地磁极性年表对比,剖面起始于4.28 Ma B.P.左右,湖相沉积层起始于3.0 Ma B.P.左右,结束于1.2 Ma B.P.左右.岩性、磁化率、粒度和沉积速率变化均反映出这一时期该地区环境变化的总体趋势是由暖湿向冷干发展,期间"吴起古湖"的演化大致经历了三个阶段:3.0～2.5 Ma B.P.为古湖形成时期,水体相对较深;2.50～2.05 Ma B.P.期间受古气候变化的影响湖水明显变浅;2.05～1.20 Ma B.P.时古湖中仍有一定量的水体存在,但随后逐步缩小并最终消亡.该地区气候条件在1.2 Ma B.P.左右的恶化是导致吴起古湖消亡的主要因素,区域构造活动引起的北洛河溯源侵蚀并切穿湖盆可能也是原因之一.展开更多
orientated samples were collected from Drilling Core ZK1 in southern Leizhou Peninsula for the study of Quaternary paleomagnetic strato\|chronology. The polarity measurement results indicate that the core recorded pal...orientated samples were collected from Drilling Core ZK1 in southern Leizhou Peninsula for the study of Quaternary paleomagnetic strato\|chronology. The polarity measurement results indicate that the core recorded paleomagnetic information in three main parts: the upper one of the core, from the ground surface to the depth of 39 m, is normally magnetized in polarity, the middle one, from 39m to 210m in depth, mainly shows reversed polarity and the lower one recorded normal polarity again. They correspond to the Brunhes normal chron, the Matuyama reversed chron and the Guass normal chron in the geomagnetic polarity time scale, respectively. The age of the core could be over 3.4 Ma. Meanwhile, the magnetic susceptibility was measured and its result is significant for stratigraphic division and paleoclimatic research.展开更多
The fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, are important for studying Quaternary land mammal evolution and Paleolithic settlements in the high-latitude temperate East Asia. Here ...The fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, are important for studying Quaternary land mammal evolution and Paleolithic settlements in the high-latitude temperate East Asia. Here we report new magnetostrati- graphic results that constrain age of the Hougou Paleolithic site in this basin. Magnetite and hematite were identified as carriers of the characteristic remanent magnetizations, with the former being dominant. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy shows that the Hougou sequence recorded the very late Matuyama reverse chron and the Brunhes normal chron. The age of the Hougou Paleolithic site was estimated to be 395 ka based on an averaged rate of sediment accumulation. The combination of our mag- netostratigraphy and previously published chronological data for early Paleolithic or human sites in the high-latitude northern China may document a persistent colonization of the hostile high-latitude areas of the eastern Old World during the mid- die-early Pleistocene.展开更多
文摘晚新近纪以来中国北方堆积的风成红粘土-黄土序列是古气候信息的良好载体,在黄土高原北部的吴起地区存在一套湖相沉积物,层位上介于第四纪黄土与晚新近纪红粘土之间,但该古湖存在的具体时限尚不清楚.我们利用岩石磁学及古地磁年代学方法并结合多种气候指标对代表"吴起古湖"的土佛寺剖面进行了初步研究,结果表明湖相沉积物中特征剩磁的载体主要为磁铁矿和赤铁矿,在此基础上得到的磁极性序列能很好地与国际地磁极性年表对比,剖面起始于4.28 Ma B.P.左右,湖相沉积层起始于3.0 Ma B.P.左右,结束于1.2 Ma B.P.左右.岩性、磁化率、粒度和沉积速率变化均反映出这一时期该地区环境变化的总体趋势是由暖湿向冷干发展,期间"吴起古湖"的演化大致经历了三个阶段:3.0～2.5 Ma B.P.为古湖形成时期,水体相对较深;2.50～2.05 Ma B.P.期间受古气候变化的影响湖水明显变浅;2.05～1.20 Ma B.P.时古湖中仍有一定量的水体存在,但随后逐步缩小并最终消亡.该地区气候条件在1.2 Ma B.P.左右的恶化是导致吴起古湖消亡的主要因素,区域构造活动引起的北洛河溯源侵蚀并切穿湖盆可能也是原因之一.
文摘orientated samples were collected from Drilling Core ZK1 in southern Leizhou Peninsula for the study of Quaternary paleomagnetic strato\|chronology. The polarity measurement results indicate that the core recorded paleomagnetic information in three main parts: the upper one of the core, from the ground surface to the depth of 39 m, is normally magnetized in polarity, the middle one, from 39m to 210m in depth, mainly shows reversed polarity and the lower one recorded normal polarity again. They correspond to the Brunhes normal chron, the Matuyama reversed chron and the Guass normal chron in the geomagnetic polarity time scale, respectively. The age of the core could be over 3.4 Ma. Meanwhile, the magnetic susceptibility was measured and its result is significant for stratigraphic division and paleoclimatic research.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40925012 and 40821091)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2007FY110200)the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-EW-117)
文摘The fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, are important for studying Quaternary land mammal evolution and Paleolithic settlements in the high-latitude temperate East Asia. Here we report new magnetostrati- graphic results that constrain age of the Hougou Paleolithic site in this basin. Magnetite and hematite were identified as carriers of the characteristic remanent magnetizations, with the former being dominant. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy shows that the Hougou sequence recorded the very late Matuyama reverse chron and the Brunhes normal chron. The age of the Hougou Paleolithic site was estimated to be 395 ka based on an averaged rate of sediment accumulation. The combination of our mag- netostratigraphy and previously published chronological data for early Paleolithic or human sites in the high-latitude northern China may document a persistent colonization of the hostile high-latitude areas of the eastern Old World during the mid- die-early Pleistocene.
