南海北部中新世以来粘土矿物特征及东亚古季风记录

万世明; 李安春; 胥可辉; 尹学明

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WAN Shi-ming, LI An-chun, XU Ke-hui, YIN Xue-ming, 2008. Characteristics of Clay Minerals in the Northern South China Sea and Its Implications for Evolution of East Asian Monsoon since Miocene. Earth Science, 33(3): 289-300.

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Characteristics of Clay Minerals in the Northern South China Sea and Its Implications for Evolution of East Asian Monsoon since Miocene

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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Aca demy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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School of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062, USA

Received Date: 2008-01-16
Publish Date: 2008-05-25

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Clay mineral assemblages, crystallinity, chemistry and micromorphology of clay particles in sediments from ODP Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea (SCS) were analyzed and used to trace sediment sources and obtain proxy records of past changes in the East Asian monsoon climate since the Miocene based on a multi-approach including X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM-EDS).Clay minerals mainly consist of illite and smectite, with associated chlorite and kaolinite.The illite at ODP Site 1146 has very well-to-well crystallinity, and smectite has moderate-to-poor crystallinity.In SEM the smectite particles at ODP Site 1146 often appear cauliflower-like, a typical micromorphology of volcanic smecites.The smectite at ODP Site 1146 is relatively rich in Si element, but poor in Fe, very similar to the smectite from the West Philippine Sea.In contrast, the chemical composition of illite at ODP Site 1146 has no obvious differences from those of the Loess, Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Pearl River.Sediment source studies indicate that smectite originates mainly from Luzon, kaolinite from the Pearl River and illite and chlorite from the Pearl River, Taiwan and/or the Yangtze River respectively.The clay mineral assemblages at ODP Site 1146 were not only controlled by the continental weathering regimes surrounding the SCS but also by the changing strength of the transport processes.The ratios of (illite+chlorite) /smectite at ODP Site 1146 were adopted as proxies for East Asian monsoon evolution.The consistent variation of this clay proxy with those from loess, eolian deposition in the North Pacific and planktonic and benthic foraminifera, and black carbon in the SCS since 20 Ma shows that three profound shifts of the East Asian winter monsoon intensity, aridity in the Asian inland and the intensity of winter monsoon relative to summer monsoon, occurred at ~ 15 Ma, ~ 8 Ma and the youngest at about 3 Ma.The phased uplift of the Himalaya-Tibetan plateau may have played a significant role in strengthening the Asian monsoon at 15 Ma, 8 Ma and 3 Ma.
- clay minerals,
- sediment source analysis,
- East Asian monsoon,
- Miocene,
- South China Sea

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