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Terrestrial mollusk evidence for the origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary Red Clay Formation in the Loess Plateau, China

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Pei, YP; Wu, NQ; Li, FJ
刊名CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
出版日期2004-05-01
卷号49期号:10页码:1072-1076
关键词mollusk fossils Red Clay late Tertiary environment changes
ISSN号1001-6538
DOI10.1360/03wd0519
文献子类Article
英文摘要The origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary (Neogene) Red Clay Formation in northern China had long been controversial. A new mollusk record from the Xifeng red clay (red-earth) sequence in the central Loess Plateau provides the biological evidence for addressing questions of its origin and environmental implication. The study of composition and preservation condition of seventy mollusk fossil assemblages reveals the initial ecological condition of the red clay formation, avoiding the effect of post-deposited alteration. The result shows that all of identifiable mollusk species are composed of terrestrial taxa, most of them are the common species found in the overlying Quaternary loess-palleosol sequence. Most of fossil individuals preserved in the red clay strata are in living conditions based on the investigation of fieldwork, indicating the original population. Thus, the mollusk fossil assemblages can be used as an indicator of primary environment of the red clay formation. The mollusk record from the Xifeng red clay sequence supports the view that the red clay is an aeolian origin, similar to the overlying Quaternary loess deposits. Our data also reveal the history of environmental changes at Xifeng from 6.2-2.4 Ma, which is coupled in phase with the formation and development of the Arctic ice sheets and the process of the Tibetan Plateau uplift. Both may be the major cause and forcing mechanisms of the late Tertiary environmental changes in the Loess Plateau.
WOS关键词GANSU PROVINCE ; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY ; PLIOCENE ; VARIABILITY ; SEQUENCES ; RECORD ; XIFENG ; KA
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000223146800016
出版者SCIENCE CHINA PRESS
源URL[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/79305]  
专题中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者Wu, NQ
作者单位Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
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Pei, YP,Wu, NQ,Li, FJ. Terrestrial mollusk evidence for the origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary Red Clay Formation in the Loess Plateau, China[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2004,49(10):1072-1076.
APA Pei, YP,Wu, NQ,&Li, FJ.(2004).Terrestrial mollusk evidence for the origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary Red Clay Formation in the Loess Plateau, China.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,49(10),1072-1076.
MLA Pei, YP,et al."Terrestrial mollusk evidence for the origin and sedimentary environment of the Late Tertiary Red Clay Formation in the Loess Plateau, China".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 49.10(2004):1072-1076.

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