Grain-size Characteristics of Sediments Formed Since 8600 yr B.P. in Middle Reaches of Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet and Their Paleoenvironmental Significance

作     者：ZHENG Yinghua WU Yongqiu LI Sen TAN Lihua GOU Shiwei ZHANG Hongyan 

作者机构：Ministry of Education Engineering Center of Desertification and Blown-sand Control Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China Institute of Resources and Environment Science Foshan University Foshan 528000 China School of Geography Beijing Normal University Beijing 100875 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Geographical Science》 (中国地理科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第19卷第2期

页      面：113-119页

核心收录：

学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 0709[理学-地质学] 070901[理学-矿物学、岩石学、矿床学] 07[理学] 081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40671185) National Key Technologies R&D Program of China (No. 2006BAD26B03) 

主　　题：沉积物形成 雅鲁藏布江 粒度特征 英国石油公司 古环境意义 中游 半固定沙丘 流动沙丘 

摘      要：Widespread aeolian sediments have been found in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, China. The grain-size characteristics of sediments from Cha’er Section in the area were analyzed. The results show that the section include one stratum of paleo-mobile dunes, four strata of paleo-semi-fixed dunes, two strata of paleo-fixed dunes, one stratum of sandy immature soils. The paleo-mobile and paleo-semi-fixed dune sand in this section are simi- lar to modern aeolian sand in either grain-size composition or Mz and σ distribution. Compared the above types of dunes each other, the content of sand substance decreases, while the content of silt and clay increases for paleo-fixed dunes and sandy immature soils. Combined with age data for each stratum, the analysis shows that these strata are the products of climate changes and the evolution of aeolian landforms. The evolutionary sequence of the paleoclimate and of aeolian activities in the valley since 8600 yr B.P. reveals four stages: 8600–5700 yr B.P., when the paleoclimate was cold and dry, with strong winds, thereby activating dunes; 5700–3600 yr B.P., when it was warm and wet, with weak winds, causing dunes to undergo soil-forming processes; 3600–1900 yr B.P., when climate shifted from cold-dry with strong winds to warm-wet with weak winds, and activated dunes were fixed again; and 1900 yr B.P. –present, when the climate became fine, with weak winds, fixing dunes again.