The samples in this study were collected from the drilling cores W-2 and S-4 obtained from the slope-stability monitoring project inside the campus of NSYSU. The Sheng-Li (SL) core was drilled for groundwater monitoring project in the northern of Kaohsiung city. The mudstone sections in these three cores were sampled to reconstruct the sedimental history of the southwestern Taiwan.
This study mainly contains 3 parts: firstly we dated the downcore records based on nannobiostratigraphy. Secondly, we analyzed the benthic foraminiferal assemblages in sedimentary sequences. Finally we chose specific benthic species and analyzed the shell trace metals, especially Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratio with an ICP-MS.
Overall the mudstone sections analyzed in this study fall in the biostratigraphic range of small Gephyrocapsa Subchron, which spreads within 1242ka~1031ka according to the previous report. The age range in W-2 was further constrained within 1186ka~1065ka based on the oxygen isotope stratigraphy (Tseng, 2004). There are four dominant benthic species, including Bulimina spp., Uvigerina spp., Brizalina tainanesis and Siphogenerina raphanus in Cores W-2 and S-4. There are five dominant benthic species, including Brizalina spp., Pseudorotalia spp., Siphogenerina raphanus, Amphicoryna scalaris and Brizalina alata in Core SL.
The benthic foraminiferal shell Mg/Ca ratios obtained from Core W-2 indicate the bottom water temperature are between 6 - 12¢J, which reflects the paleo water depth had varied between 300 - 700m. It also indicates that strata were uplifted and the deposition depth become shallow.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0827105-024620 |
| Date | 27 August 2005 |
| Creators | Hsiung, Kan-hsi |
| Contributors | Chorng-Shern Horng, Hui-Ling Lin, Chen-Feng You |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0827105-024620 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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