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Grain-size features of a Miocene loess-soil sequence at Qinan: Implications on its origin
In this study, grain-size of 507 bulk samples from the QA-I Miocene loess-soil sequenceat Qinan were analyzed, and the grain-size features are compared with those of typical Quaternary loess and soil samples, representative lacustrine and fluvial samples. The results indicate that the grain-size dis...
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Published in: | Science China. Earth sciences 2006-07, Vol.49 (7), p.731-738 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | In this study, grain-size of 507 bulk samples from the QA-I Miocene loess-soil sequenceat Qinan were analyzed, and the grain-size features are compared with those of typical Quaternary loess and soil samples, representative lacustrine and fluvial samples. The results indicate that the grain-size distribution pattern of the Miocene loess is essentially similar to that of Quaternary loess,but greatly differs from the lacustrine and fluvial sediments. Loess layers are regularly coarser than soil layers, indicating cyclical climate changes. Median grain-size along the 253.1 m sequence varies from 6 to 13 μm and the >63 μm fraction represents only 5.3% in maximum, 0.9% in average.Long-term grain-size variations are consistent with the loess accumulation rate at Qinan and with the eolian mass accumulation rate in the North Pacific. These features firmly indicate an eolian origin of the studied sequence, and also reveal a coeval changes between the long-term changes of eolian grain-size and continental aridity in the dust source regions. |
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ISSN: | 1674-7313 1006-9313 1869-1897 1862-2801 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11430-006-0731-8 |