Language: English
Published on: 1996-01
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Quaternary foraminifeas in China fall into three biogeographic regions and five distinct categories according to palaeoecological features: (1)the Palaeo-Bohai Sea biogeographic region; (2) the Palaeo-East China Sea biogeographic region, and (3) the palaeo-South China Sea biogeographic region. According to the area dealt with eight marine transgressions have been recognized through the Quaternary sequences in the great plain region and two marine transgressions have been found since late Pleistocene in the coastal plain areas. The findings point at the existence of three abrupt events of climate changes and caused three very warm periods and two severe cold period since the late Pleistocene in the North China Plain and in the Yangtze river delta region. Four flood event stata have been distinguished since middle Pleistocene: two in the late of middle Pleistocene and other two in the late Pleistocene
Chapter 1 Introduction:
1.1 Study area;
1.2 Short historical review;
1.3 Aim of the book.
Chapter 2. Stratigraphy
2.1 Quaternary Stratigraphy;
2.2 General Lithostratigraphy;
2.3 An Outline Description of the Standard Holes;
2.4 Stratigraphic Framework;
2.5 Lithostratigraphic Boundaries;
2.6 Stratigraphic Correlation;
Chapter 3. Ecology and Palaeoecology;
3.1 The Nature of Foraminifera;
3.2 Ecology;
3.3 Approaches to Palaeoecology;
Chapter 4 Palaeoecology of Quaternary Foraminiferal Fauna in China;
4.1Ecology of the Major Genus and Species in China Sea;
4.2 Quaternary Foraminiferal fauna in China;
Chapter 5 Palaeoclimate:
5.1 Distribution of foraminifera in Time and Space;
5.2 Quaternary Palaeoclimate in China;
5.3 Three Abrupt Climate Events Since Late Pleistocene;
Chapter 6 Palaeogeography:
6.1 Definition of Marine Transgression Strata;
6.2 Marine Transgression Sequences and Palaeogeography;
6.3 Time Lag of Marine Transgrassion;
6.4 Correlation of Marine Transgression Strta;
6.5 The Coast Line During the Maximum Regression in the Latest Pleistocene; Conclution
