Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Xiashagou Fauna and implication for sequencing the mammalian faunas in the Nihewan Basin, North China

被引:45
作者
Liu, Ping [1 ,2 ]
Deng, Chenglong [1 ]
Li, Shihu [1 ]
Cai, Shuhui [1 ]
Cheng, Hongjiang [1 ]
Yuan Baoyin [1 ]
Wei, Qi [3 ]
Zhu, Rixiang [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Computat Geodynam, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Magnetostratigraphy; Geochronology; Nihewan Basin; Nihewan Fauna; Xiashagou Fauna; Nihewan Formation; MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS; MATUYAMA CHRON; HEBEI; ASIA; PEDOGENESIS; DEPENDENCE; TIMESCALE; SEDIMENTS; PLIOCENE;
D O I
10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.011
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
The Nihewan Basin sedimentary sequences in northern China are rich in mammalian fossil and Paleolithic sites, thus providing insights into our understanding of Quaternary land mammal biochronology and early human settlements in East Asia. Here we present high-resolution magnetostratigraphic results that place stringent age controls on the Xiashagou (XSG) Fauna (that is, the well-known Nihewan Fauna sensu stricto) in the Nihewan Basin, northern China. Results show that the XSG sequence recorded the Brunhes normal chron, the Matuyama reverse chron and the late Gauss normal chron. The XSG Fauna resides in the Matuyama reverse chron (between the pre-Reunion Matuyama chron and the post-Olduvai Matuyama chron), yielding an estimated age of ca. 2.2-1.7 Ma. The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary (Gauss/Matuyama boundary) is located in the lower part of the XSG section. The combination of our study and previously published magnetostratigraphic data suggest that the mammalian fossil sites in the eastern Nihewan Basin can be placed between the Gauss-Matuyama geomagnetic reversal and the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal (2.58-0.78 Ma), leading to a time range of ca. 2.6-0.8 Ma for the Nihewan mammalian faunas. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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