自大约1.3-1.5亿年前以来,台湾土壤原体的快速地形增长
Queenie Chang1,2, Michael T Hren1, Larry Syu-Heng Lai3,4
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Science advances
|June 23, 2023
概括
台湾 台湾 台湾 台湾
科学领域:
- 古地质形态学 古地质形态学.
- 同位素地球化学 同位素地球化学
- 新构造学新构造学新构造学新构造学
背景情况:
- 重建过去的地形对于理解构造和侵蚀过程至关重要.
- 叶的同位素 (δ2H) 通过将降水量 δ2H 与海拔高度相关联,为古风提升提供了一个代理.
- 台湾沿海山脉的沉积物记录提供了orogenic进化的档案.
研究的目的:
- 用叶的同位素组成重建台湾的古地形.
- 为了确定台湾南部的地表升起的时间和幅度.
- 研究构造活动和地形演变之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 分析台湾南部沿海山脉沉积物中的叶中的同位素组成 (δ2H).
- 利用树叶作为生物标志物来追踪其源区域在orogen中的升高.
- 与沉积物沉积历史相关联 δ2H 值的变化,以推断古地形变化.
主要成果:
- 自约1.3-1.5万年前以来,δ2H值 (>40‰) 的显著下降表明有机源高度增加超过2公里.
- 南部中央山脉的快速地表升起约为1.3-1.5亿年前,至少达到3公里.
- 持续的地形增长从0.85万年到0.3万年,表明正在不断地提升至现代的海拔.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了台湾的第一个古地形重建,揭示了显著的代地形演变.
- 大约在1.3-1.5亿年前,中央山脉南部的快速地表升起在塑造台湾地形方面发挥了关键作用.
- 叶的同位素是一种强大的工具,用于重建古地图和理解活跃的orogenic系统中的构造历史.
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