Downcutting and uplifting in the middle part of Qinling orogenic belt during the late Quaternary  

作　　者：WANG Fei LI Hongchun ZHU Rixiang HU Yutai 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Geology,China Seismological Bureau,Beijing 100029,China [2]Department of Earth Sciciences,University of Southern California,Los Angeles,CA90089-0740,USA [3]Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academly of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2002年第18期1556-1560,共5页

基　　金：This work was supported by the Seismology Union Foundation (Grant No. 100064);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40173011).

摘　　要：Layered cave passages formed on the walls of the Qianyou River valley in the middle part of the Qinling Mountains since the Pleistocene due to the intermittent uplifts. 12 speleothem samples near ruins of palaeowater tables in 3 cave passages are dated by using the Th method. The results show that the 3 caves began to uplift (358±38) ka, (247±28) ka, (118±19) ka ago respectively. Given the differences of elevation between the caves, we could obtain the downcutting rates of the valley: (0.23±0.02) mm/a during 358 -247 ka, (0.19±0.03) mm/a during 247-118 ka, and (0.51(0.08) mm/a since 118 ka. This implies that more and more strong uplifting sustained in the middle part of Qinling since 358Layered cave passages formed on the walls of the Qianyou River valley in the middle part of the Qinling Mountains since the Pleistocene due to the intermittent uplifts. 12 speleothem samples near ruins of palaeowater tables in 3 cave passages are dated by using the 230Th method. The results show that the 3 caves began to uplift (358±38) ka, (247±28) ka, (118±19) ka ago respectively. Given the differences of elevation between the caves, we could obtain the downcutting rates of the valley: (0.23±0.02) mm/a during 358-247 ka, (0.19±0.03) mm/a during 247–118 ka, and (0.51(0.08) mm/a since 118 ka. This implies that more and more strong uplifting sustained in the middle part of Qinling since 358 k

关 键 词：middle PART of QINLING CAVE PASSAGE late Quaternary 230Th date downcutting and UPLIFTING rat 

分 类 号：P315[天文地球—地震学]