| Provenance of loess deposits in the Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China) and their implications for the paleoenvironment | |
| Zhang, Hongyan1; Lu, Huayu1; Jiang, Shao-Yong2; Vandenberghe, Jef1,3; Wang, Shejiang4; Cosgrove, Richard5; huayulu@nju.edu.cn | |
| 2012-06-08 | |
| 发表期刊 | QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
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| ISSN | 0277-3791 |
| 卷号 | 43页码:94-102 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Loess deposits in the Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China) provide a detailed archive for reconstructing the paleoenvironment during early hominin occupation. The study of the loess deposits also provides a unique opportunity to understand Pleistocene atmospheric circulation in this transitional climatic zone. However, the provenance and formation of the loess deposits were not well understood until now. In this paper, we report on new geomorphologic investigations and depositional analyses of the loess deposits. The results suggest that Gobi deserts and drylands in northern and northwestern China were one of the dust sources. These loess deposits show similar geochemical composition as the average upper crust (UCC), and may indicate that they experienced multiple sedimentary processes, with the dust being well mixed before deposition. However, the higher Sr-87/Sr-86 ratios (between 0.719650 and 0.721043) and extremely low (Nd)(0) values (between -11.98 and -18.97), which are different from the typical loess of the Chinese Loess Plateau, demonstrate that proximal clastic sediments that were apparently derived from the weathered Qinling orogen bedrocks, form the other important source for the loess deposits. The chemical Index of Alteration [CIA = Al2O3/(Al2O3 + CaO* + Na2O + K2O) x 100] and Chemical Proxy of Alteration [CPA = 100 x Al2O3/(Al2O3 + Na2O)], both in molar proportions show that the loess has experienced intense pedogenesis. We conclude that the loess deposit has a mixed provenance. The palaeoclimate in the Eastern Qinling Mountains remained mild in the glacial periods due to the topography and unique geographic locations, providing a suitable place for hominine occupation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 关键词 | Eastern Qinling Mountains Chinese Loess Plateau Loess Provenance East Asian Monsoon Paleolithic |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
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| 关键词[WOS] | ASIAN DUST ; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE ; NORTHERN CHINA ; PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS ; PALEOSOL SEQUENCE ; SANMEN GORGE ; YELLOW-RIVER ; EOLIAN DUST ; GRAIN-SIZE ; PLATEAU |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
| WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000305500300007 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4285 |
| 专题 | 古人类及旧石器研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | huayulu@nju.edu.cn |
| 作者单位 | 1.Nanjing Univ, Inst Climate & Global Change Res, Sch Geog & Oceanog Sci, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Earth Sci, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Joint Lab Human Evolut & Archaeometry, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.La Trobe Univ, Archaeol Program, Sch Hist & European Studies, Bundoora, Vic 3086, Australia |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Hongyan,Lu, Huayu,Jiang, Shao-Yong,et al. Provenance of loess deposits in the Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China) and their implications for the paleoenvironment[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2012,43:94-102. |
| APA | Zhang, Hongyan.,Lu, Huayu.,Jiang, Shao-Yong.,Vandenberghe, Jef.,Wang, Shejiang.,...&huayulu@nju.edu.cn.(2012).Provenance of loess deposits in the Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China) and their implications for the paleoenvironment.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,43,94-102. |
| MLA | Zhang, Hongyan,et al."Provenance of loess deposits in the Eastern Qinling Mountains (central China) and their implications for the paleoenvironment".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 43(2012):94-102. |
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