季文婷,郭盛乔,郄文昆

• 1:江苏省地质调查研究院
• 2:中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所和生物演化与环境卓越创新中心资源地层学与古地理学重点实验室

摘要(Abstract)：

第四纪代表了地质历史时期最新的地质年代,持续了2.58个百万年,以两极发育冰盖、多期次的冰期-间冰期旋回和人属的出现为特征。第四纪年代地层学研究在建立高精度地层格架、了解地球气候系统演化规律和预测气候变化趋势等方面具有重要意义。依据现今的定义,第四系包括更新统和全新统,而更新统进一步划分为4个阶。其中,杰拉阶底界、卡拉布里雅阶底界和全新统底界全球层型剖面与点位(GSSP)已确立,而更新统中阶和上阶底界GSSP的研究工作正在进行中,界线标志已确定。近年来,随着同位素测年技术的不断提高和天文旋回理论的普遍应用,第四纪年代地层界线年龄在不断更新,天文轨道旋回控制的万年尺度气候事件可以作为全球对比的标尺。当前国际地层委员会第四系分会的主要任务包括更新统中、上阶底界金钉子的确立、全新统进一步划分和"人类统"概念的提出。

关键词(KeyWords)： 年代地层;界线层型;地质年代;第四纪

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基金项目(Foundation): 国家自然科学基金项目(项目批准号:41502119);; 中国地质调查局地质大调查项目(项目编码:1212011220536)的资助

作者(Author): 季文婷,郭盛乔,郄文昆

DOI: 10.19839/j.cnki.dcxzz.2018.02.007

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