西非多哥海岸碳酸盐胶结的全新世海滩岩的阴极发光性

沿100多公里长的多哥和贝宁海岸，有碳酸盐胶结合的全新世海滩岩零星出露。海滩砂主要是硅质屑，其次是碳酸盐骨骼碎片和内碎屑。^14C年龄测定表明，这些砂质沉积是在最近5000年内形成的。海滩岩在渗流环境中石化，而后又经历了数次埋藏和地表暴露阶段。阴极发光（CL）是查明海滩复杂胶结过程的有效工具。根据阴极发光分析，可将胶结作用划分为3个阶段：1）镁方解石沉淀于活跃的海水潜流带，它是一种等厚环边的针状晶体和球粒状微晶（CL1－组构），具极暗橙色和极暗蓝色的阴极发光，反映沉积环境中不同的Eh、pH沉淀条件。2）针状的和等轴的亮晶胶结物（CL2－组构），具亮黄到橙色的阴极发光性，本文信为它们形成于温合潜流带。3）出现在海滩岩向陆部分的胶结物，并伴随有早期海水胶结物的新生变形作用，该胶结物为CL3－组构的等厚亮晶，具暗蓝色、中等橙色的阴极发光性，它们是大陆淡水潜流带的典型产物。这种自海水向淡水发展的孔隙充填过程是与海平面稳定时期砂坝的推进作用相伴随的，最后发生砂坝的侵蚀作用，并导致了海滩岩的地表暴露和部分侵蚀。通过对全新世海滩岩早期成岩期间海岸线重复推进作用的判别，说明可借助于成岩作用研究，鉴别地质历史中的海退与海侵作用。     

北部湾东部沉积物结构和碳酸盐含量变化对末次海侵和环流作用的响应

为了揭示末次冰消期以来北部湾东部沉积环境的整体变化,深入认识环流对北部湾沉积的控制作用,对位于北部湾东部的15只柱样进行了粒度、碳酸盐含量和C/N分析,并测定了其中11只柱样的AMS14 C年代.结果表明,在末次冰消期随海平面上升,北部湾沉积环境由陆向海转变,沉积物碳酸盐含量总体递增,而C/N值则递减,其间伴随发生于全新世早期的碳酸盐低值事件,在北部湾深水区的柱样中也有记录.全新世中期海平面基本稳定以后,稳定的C/N数值表示有机质来源趋于稳定,而碳酸盐含量受钙质生物生产力不同(南高北低)和陆源输入的区域性差异影响出现不同变化.与C/N分析结合,碳酸盐含量曲线可用于地层划分与对比.北部湾环流可能形成于7ka BP左右,影响了沉积物的输运与沉积.全新世中晚期沉积厚度存在区域差异,海南岛西侧大于2.0m,湾顶多介于0.8~2.0m,而涠洲岛西南海域厚度相对最小,可能与湾北物质难以向南输运,而湾南物质主要在琼州海峡西口外卸载有关.     

碳酸盐岩中方解石胶结物的阴极发光环带与微量元素构成的关系——以塔河油田奥陶系碳酸盐岩为例

对塔河油田奥陶系碳酸盐岩中方解石胶结物的阴极发光性和微量元素构成研究发现,一些与大气水成岩环境有关的方解石胶结物显示出亮、暗相间阴极发光环带,微量元素含量与阴极发光环带之间具有良好的对应关系,亮带具有较高的Mn、Fe含量,暗带则具有较高的Sr、Na含量,显示方解石胶结过程中大气水作用强度的变化。这些碳酸盐矿物的阴极发光环带受元素构成变化控制,并反映成岩流体中元素含量的变化和/或结晶速率的变化,这在一定程度上与大气水环境相对开放的成岩条件有关。相对晚期的环带发光较亮,并具有较高的Mn和较低的Sr、Na含量,显示与加里东—海西期构造运动有关的古岩溶过程中大气水作用逐渐加强的总体成岩趋势。     

北部湾—雷琼地区新生代古海岸线重建与琼州海峡演化

古海岸线重建能为理解全球气候变化和海陆格局演变提供重要的线索。笔者等基于钻孔资料重建了北部湾—雷琼地区新生代以来古海岸线变迁与琼州海峡演变过程。结果表明,北部湾—雷州半岛—海南岛（雷琼地区）新生代经历了古近纪北部湾古湖、新近纪—早更新世早期古琼州海峡、早更新世晚期—晚更新世峡湾和全新世琼州海峡四个演化阶段。古近纪北部湾形成NEE向互不连通的断陷盆地并充填河—湖相沉积,渐新世晚期海水间歇性入侵北部湾古湖并连通孤立的断陷盆地;中新世早—中期（23.3~10.4 Ma）南海西北部海岸线快速后退,北部湾古湖演变为古琼州海峡,中新世晚期—上新世（10. 4~2. 58 Ma）海岸线继续后退形成宽阔的古琼州海峡,早更新世早期海退及火山喷发导致古琼州海峡萎缩;早更新世晚期—晚更新世气候频繁波动控制了峡湾与陆地的不断转化,而末次盛冰期大幅度海退直接导致北部湾—雷琼地区从海转陆;15~12 ka BP以来海岸线快速后退并在12~11 ka BP期间短暂停留,北部湾再次由陆转海,之后海平面继续上升,琼州海峡于11 ka BP自西向东完全打开,至6 ka BP海平面达到现今海平面以上2 m左右,现今海陆格局形成。     

渤海湾西岸BT113孔35ka以来的沉积环境演化与海陆作用

根据渤海湾西岸有孔虫和介形虫与年代学(AMS14C和OSL测年)研究,将该段岩心自下而上划分为6个沉积单元(U1—U6),它们依次形成于晚更新世的河流及全新世的潮滩、浅海、前三角洲、三角洲前缘和三角洲平原沉积环境,结束于约35 ka的U1单元的陆相环境,证实晚更新世低海面时渤海湾西岸未受海水影响。U1和U2单元之间,存在历时约27 ka的沉积间断(35～8.5 ka cal BP),研究区因此缺失早全新世沉积。U2单元的潮滩环境指示全新世海侵于8.5 ka cal BP到达渤海湾西岸,当时相对海平面为-16.7 m。U3单元为浅海环境,约6 ka cal BP时相对海平面上升到-6.8～-1.8 m。8.5～6 ka cal BP期间的海面上升速率是0.4～0.6 cm/a,可能与MWP1C事件有关。U4—U5单元,转为三角洲环境,沉积速率增大,反映自3.7 ka cal BP河流输入影响加强,约1.3 ka cal BP时成陆,形成U6单元。晚更新世35 ka以来的陆海环境演化,总体上是对气候变化控制下的海面变化的响应。     

QX01孔记录的渤海湾西岸沿海低地MIS3晚期以来的河道充填与环境演化

在渤海湾沿海低地地区获得1个30m的全取心机械钻孔(QX01孔),对样品进行了沉积岩石学分析、底栖有孔虫鉴定、硅藻鉴定和粒度分析,结合AMS 14 C和OSL测年,重建了研究区晚更新世以来的古河道充填及环境演化过程。结果显示QX01孔自下而上可以分为6段:(1)30~29.72 m,陆相洪泛沉积;(2)29.72~29.4m,海侵沉积,43.5ka BP;(3)29.4~17.7m,砂质沉积物,河道填充沉积,37.9~29.7ka;(4)17.7~13.2m,沉积物由砂质变为黏土质,29.7~8ka,由河道填充转为浅湖沼环境;(5)13.2~5m,8~4ka,全新世海侵沉积,沉积环境由陆相转为海陆过渡相,6 000~5 750cal BP海侵达到最强,之后逐渐退出该区;(6)5m以上,洪泛沉积,约1.7ka至今。沉积环境与海面具有很好的响应,MIS 4或6阶段时,海面较低,河流下切,形成古河道,下切最深处位于现代高程为-24.2m。MIS3阶段早期时,海面上升,37.9ka河道开始填充,至29.7ka填充完成,对应高程为-11.8m。末次盛冰期至早全新世时为浅湖沼环境,沉积作用停止或速率非常低。随着末次盛冰期的结束,海洋作用增强,进入全新世海侵沉积阶段,8~4ka cal BP。之后,沉积作用停止,至1.7ka以来,随着河流作用的不断增强,该区变为河流控制的洪泛沉积为主。同时,发现了两次沉积间断,分别发生在末次盛冰期的低海面时期和4~2ka时的海水退出、河流沉积尚不充分时期。     

珠江口盆地东沙隆起珠江组灰岩成岩环境的恢复

本文主要在岩心观察和描述的基础上,借助于薄片分析、扫描电镜分析和阴极发光分析,通过不同成岩组构的识别及其成岩作用特征分析,结合区域地质背景,恢复珠江口盆地东沙隆起珠江组灰岩经历的成岩环境。结果表明:(1)整体的海侵背景和渐进埋藏过程使得珠江组灰岩中不发育表生成岩作用,但是频繁的海平面变化使得古地貌高部位生长的灰岩受到大气淡水的成岩改造,珠江组灰岩主要经历了海水潜流、大气淡水渗流、大气淡水潜流和埋藏环境等成岩环境;(2)不同成岩环境具有明显不同的成岩组构特征。海水潜流环境的成岩组构主要有广泛发育的藻的包壳作用和藻类-生物的相互包裹、生物钻孔的发育、泥晶化作用、海绿石的形成以及等厚纤维状环边胶结物、颗粒表面的刀刃状或叶片状胶结物、犬牙状胶结物和共轴生长方解石胶结物的发育;淡水潜流环境的主要成岩特征包括粒状亮晶方解石胶结物、棘皮多期共轴加大边和有限的溶解作用;淡水渗流环境中识别的成岩特征有非组构选择性溶解作用、示底构造、微型钟乳状胶结物和新月形胶结物;埋藏成岩环境的成岩作用主要包括压实、压溶作用、晚期溶蚀作用以及油气的侵位。     

中全新世福建沿海地区海平面波动：基于NDQK5岩芯介形类化石记录

福建沿海地区第四系较为发育,是研究晚更新世以来相对海平面变化的理想区域。本文以福建宁德NDQK5岩芯中产出的高分辨率介形类化石为研究对象,结合加速器质谱法(accelerator mass spectrometry, AMS)14C和光释光测年技术建立岩芯年代框架,重建了中全新世期间福建沿海地区的相对海平面变化。结果显示,NDQK5岩芯中的介形类化石记录主要分布于4~17. 1 m段,对应年代约为8. 2~6. 9 ka BP。岩芯内共计识别出海相介形类23属26种,根据优势种以及特征种的相对丰度变化特征可将岩芯内的介形类动物群划分为3个组合：① 介形类组合A以Bicornucythere bisanensis和Sinocytheridea impressa为主,代表潮下带环境;② 介形类组合B以Sinocytheridea impressa和Neomonoceratina delicata为优势种,指示近岸内陆架的沉积环境;③ 介形类组合C以Sinocytheridea impressa和Loxoconcha ocellifera为主,代表潮间带的沉积环境。基于介形类组合的分布特征,本文推断福建沿海地区海平面约在8. 2~7. 4 ka BP期间持续上升,并在约7. 9~7. 4 ka BP区间达到最高;7. 4~7. 0 ka BP期间海平面下降,随后再次上升。因此,介形类化石记录指示福建沿海地区在全新世高海平面背景下依然存在相对海平面的次一级波动。同时,结合已有福建沿海地区海平面变化驱动机制的研究结果,本研究推断8. 2~7 ka BP期间福建沿海地区的海平面变化可能主要受控于冰盖融水;7 ka BP后该地区的海平面波动可能受控于“冰川- 水均衡调整”作用。     

辽河三角洲LZK03孔全新世环境演变

根据辽河三角洲LZK03孔岩心的地层、孢粉、~(14)C测年及粒度分析结果,重建了该孔全新世以来的沉积环境演变历史,划分了4个时期:1湖沼期,地层埋深22.70~18.35m,晚更新世晚期约8000cal BP,起始时间早于全新世底界年龄,一直持续到全新世海侵到达该地区;2海侵期,18.35~13.55m,8000~3000cal BP,全新世海侵(辽东湾命名为盘山海侵)于8000cal BP到达该地区,湖沼发育结束,随着海侵向陆扩展,形成了海相潮坪沉积;3海退期,13.55~7.50m,约3000cal BP开始海退,河流携带的泥砂成为主要物源;4盐沼期,7.50~0m,500cal BP时海水已退至LZK03孔向海一侧,经常暴露于地表的氧化环境使盐沼沉积呈黄棕色,被高潮海水淹浸的时间减少。     

西藏冈底斯带始新世曲水岩基的岩浆混合作用:来自斜长石阴极发光特征和成分变化的证据

斜长石作为主要造岩矿物,是研究岩石成因、示踪岩浆演化和岩浆混合过程的有效工具.对冈底斯带曲水岩基始新世花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩、闪长岩脉和暗色包体中的斜长石进行了阴极发光图像结构特征、电子探针主量元素和LA-ICP-MS微量元素成分的分析,揭示了斜长石复杂环带的成因和相关的岩浆过程.该区斜长石的阴极发光图像呈现出多种颜色且与其An值相对应,随着An值降低依次为绿色、蓝色和暗灰色或暗红色等,并发育补丁状环带、筛状环带、韵律环带等.花岗闪长岩、二长花岗岩中斜长石的An值具有相似的变化范围(20~55),而闪长岩脉和暗色包体中An值的变化范围较大(25~85),表明曲水岩基经历了复杂的开放过程.微量元素结果表明:花岗闪长岩与闪长岩脉和暗色微粒包体具有相同的Sr含量范围(600×10^-6~1 100×10^-6);而二长花岗岩的Sr含量(1 000×10^-6~2 400×10^-6)整体高于前者.以上研究表明,花岗闪长岩中阴极发光呈现绿色的核部或幔部是偏中性岩浆注入寄主岩岩浆混合的结果;具有高Sr含量的二长花岗岩认为是高Sr含量的岩浆结晶形成的;闪长岩脉和暗色微粒包体中的筛状结构斜长石为寄主岩捕掳晶.     

Sediment distribution and provenance since Late Pleistocene in Laizhou Bay,Bohai Sea,China

There are three transgression-regression events and evolutions of the sedimentary environment by sea level changes since the Pleistocene in the southern section of the Bohai Sea, China. It is obvious that a multi-source fluvial delta sedimentary system may be more dominant in a sedimentary environment. Based on previous research and survey or historical data, we carried out studies on the division of sedimentary units, sedimentary facies analysis and strata division and comparison, which aim to establish the sedimentary stratigraph of Laizhou Bay. We focus on the sedimentary procession of the Laizhou Bay since the early Late Pleistocene. It can be divided into two glacial periods and three interglacial periods, corresponding to two regression and three transgression events in Laizhou Bay since Late Pleistocene. In 124.6–72.0 ka BP, 60.0–24.4 ka BP and 10.2–4.0 ka BP, three times warm-wet periods occurred, respectively corresponding to the Cangzhou transgression, Xianxian transgression, and Huanghua transgression. In 72.0–60.0 ka BP and 24.4–10.2 ka BP, two dry and cold periods, it was the continental sedimentary environment, corresponding to Wurm early glacier and Wurm late glacier. The results show: (1) Sediments have the characteristics of phase and stage under the terrestrial input of the Yellow River and middle-small rivers in the southern section of the Bohai Sea. (2) PI moved towards coastal in Cangzhou transgression strata in early Late Pleistocene. PI moved northward from land in Xianxian transgression strata in the late Pleistocene. PI moved further north in the Huanghua transgression strata in Holocene. (3) During the regressive period, the land source input increased and the estuarine or lagoon sedimentation developed, which manifested as progradational superposition. (4) During the transgressive period, it mainly developed shallow coastal sediment and transitionally formed regressive deposition to the south in delta/tidal flat deposition.©2019 China Geology Editorial Office.     

Early Holocene drowned lagoonal deposits from the Kattegat, southern Scandinavia

Shallow seismic profiling indicated the presence of a drowned lagoon-barrier system formed during the transgression of the southern Kattegat, and investigations of core material have confirmed this. Studies of plant and animal macrofossils show that the lagoonal sediments contain a mixture of marine, brackish, lacustrine, telmatic and terrestrial taxa, and analyses of foraminifers indicate brackish-water conditions. Low oxygen isotope values obtained on shells of marine molluscs also point to lowered salinity. The lagoonal sediments are situated at depths between 24 and 35 m below present sea level. They are dated to between c. 10.5 cal. ka BP and c. 9.5 cal. ka BP, and reflect a period characterized by a moderate relative sea level rise. The lagoonal sediments are underlain by lateglacial glaciomarine clay and silt, which are separated from the Holocene deposits by an unconformity. The earliest Holocene sediments consist of littoral sand with gravel, stones and shells; these sediments were formed during the transgression of the area before the barrier island-lagoon system was developed. The lagoonal sediments are overlain by mud, which contains animal remains that indicate increasing water depths.     

Holocene relative sea level changes in the Västervik-Gamlebyviken region on the southeast coast of Sweden,southern Baltic Sea

We reconstruct the Holocene shore displacement of the Västervik-Gamlebyviken area on the southeast coast of Sweden, characterised by a maritime cultural landscape and archaeological significance since the Mesolithic. Sediment cores were retrieved from four lake basins that have been raised above sea level due to the postglacial land uplift and eustatic sea level changes after the melting of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet. The cores were radiocarbon dated and analysed for loss on ignition and diatoms. The isolation thresholds of the basins were determined using LiDAR data. The results provide evidence for the initiation of the first Littorina Sea transgression in this area at 8.5 thousand calibrated years before present (cal. ka BP). A relative sea level rise by ∼7 m a.s.l. is recorded between 8.0 and 7.5 cal. ka BP with a highstand at ∼22 m a.s.l. between 7.5 and 6.2 cal. ka BP. These phases coincide with the second and third Littorina Sea transgressions, respectively, in the Blekinge area, southern Sweden and are consistent with the final deglaciation of North America. After 6.2 cal. ka BP, the relative sea level dropped below 22 m a.s.l., and remained at ∼20 m a.s.l. until 4.6 cal. ka BP coinciding with the fourth Littorina Sea transgression in Blekinge. From 4.6 to 4.2 cal. ka BP, the shore displacement shows a regression rate of 10 mm a⁻¹ followed by a slowdown with a mean value of 4.6 mm a⁻¹ until 1.6 cal. ka BP, when the relative sea level dropped below 3.3 m a.s.l. The Middle to Late Holocene highstand and other periods of minor sea level transgressions and/or higher salinity between 6.2 and 1.7 cal. ka BP are attributed to a combination of warmer climate and higher inflow of saline waters in the southern Baltic Sea due to stronger westerlies, caused by variations in the North Atlantic atmospheric patterns.     

Transgressive Events since the Late Pleistocene in the Yellow River Delta: Grain‐size Distribution and Palynological Results

This study deals with the relationship between sea-level changes and paleoclimatic fluctuations based on the analysis of stratigraphy, grain sizes, palynology, and radiometric dating of the Yellow River delta since the Late Pleistocene. Evidence from the sedimentary record, grain sizes, and pollen provides a paleoenvironmental history of the Late Pleistocene from the boreholes of the delta. Based on a combination of grain-size analysis with lithological studies, marine deposit units contain the ...     

贵州紫云上石炭统叶状藻礁灰岩胶结物特征

贵州紫云县猴场镇扁平村的上石炭统叶状藻礁及其周边灰岩中广泛发育大量的各类胶结物。通过对胶结物的形态、结构和阴极发光特征以及胶结物间的接触关系的研究,可以确定成岩作用的先后并识别成岩环境。浅海海底同生成岩阶段大的孔隙中形成等厚环边针状胶结物、葡萄状胶结物,小的孔隙里形成微晶胶结物。早成岩阶段形成微亮晶和斑块状亮晶方解石胶结物和放射纤维扇状胶结物,表生成岩阶段的溶蚀作用和胶结作用强烈,胶结物类型有斑块状或等粒的方解石胶结物和等厚环壁柱状胶结物,等厚环壁柱状胶结物在所有胶结物中体积是较大的。早期胶结作用使叶状藻礁灰岩孔隙度大为降低。中、晚成岩阶段,孔隙被等厚环壁刃状胶结物和晶簇或斑块状亮晶方解石所充填,有些先成的胶结物被热液改造。后生作用阶段发生的主要是构造破裂作用,其中少数裂隙被红褐色含Fe2O3微晶层和晶体粉砂及渗流豆粒充填。叶状藻礁灰岩的孔隙在晚成岩阶段前或中被胶结而之后没有创造出大且连通的孔隙,是它没能成为油气储集层的原因之一。     

唐山曹妃甸浅层地下水水化学特征及咸化成因

为了查明曹妃甸浅层地下水水化学及咸化成因,采集研究区河水、地下淡水、微咸水、咸水、卤水、雨水和海水等不同类型水样,对其水化学组成、离子比、Piper三线图、吉布斯图、氢氧同位素组成及14C测年结果进行了分析。结果表明：(1)曹妃甸浅层地下水包括全新世沉积层潜水和晚更新世沉积层微承压水,且非原始封存在地层中而是形成于全新世中晚期。(2)地下潜水向海方向分布有淡水、微咸水、咸水水质类型,微承压水以咸水和卤水为主要水质类型;近冲洪积扇前缘水化学特征主要受岩石风化作用控制,围填海区及河口处水化学特征受海水混合作用控制,滨海平原区水化学特征主要受蒸发/结晶作用控制。(3)曹妃甸浅层地下水咸化过程主要是晚更新世以来海侵海退时期形成海洋蒸发盐经大气降水和河水多期溶滤所致,其盐分来源于海水蒸发盐,河口及围填海区地下潜水盐分主要来源于现代海水入侵。     

渤海湾盆地黄河口凹陷沙河街组白云岩成因机理

为了研究渤海湾盆地黄河口凹陷沙河街组白云岩成因机理,通过岩心观察、薄片鉴定、阴极发光、X衍射、扫描电镜、背散射、碳氧同位素等方法,分析白云石岩石学、形貌学和同位素地球化学特征.结果表明,白云岩呈黄棕色,发育大量溶蚀孔和高岭石、燧石等矿物,δ13C值为-0.50‰~4.58‰,δ18O值为-14.58‰~-2.19‰,总体具有δ13C低正值,δ18O负值的特点.泥晶白云石,由微米级球状白云石和白云石化蓝细菌组成,亚微米级孔隙发育,见薄片状细菌丝和草莓状黄铁矿;纤维状白云石环边胶结物充填在溶蚀孔洞或围绕颗粒表面生长;菱形白云石,漂浮状分散在孔隙中.准同生期,硫酸盐还原菌的催化作用形成球形白云石;随后,受大气淡水淋滤,在湖底成岩环境微生物影响下形成纤维状白云石环边胶结物;浅埋藏期,由于埋藏白云岩化形成菱形白云石.这为古老湖相白云岩微生物成因提供具体实例,且对该地区勘探提供参考.      

渤海湾西北岸MIS3阶段以来的海侵特征

晚更新世以来渤海湾沿岸普遍出现三期海侵,不同学者通过钻孔以及古海岸遗迹分析探讨了渤海湾西岸、南岸晚更新世以来的海侵沉积演化及海平面变化,而渤海湾西北岸地区晚更新世海侵沉积特征、古生物特征及海侵层对比缺乏系统的研究。本文通过对渤海湾西北岸多个钻孔岩心进行年代学、沉积学和微体古生物研究,建立了研究区不同构造单元的40 m以浅的标准地层层序、年代格架,划分了微体古生物组合带。研究区MIS3阶段以来共发育两期海侵,MIS3阶段海侵年代为35210~37658 cal.a BP,MIS1阶段海侵年代为7050~11310 cal.a BP。受古气候变化、古地貌和新构造运动影响,两期海侵层的空间分布和岩相古地理特征差异明显,MIS1阶段海侵规模大于MIS3阶段,MIS1阶段海侵为潟湖沉积体系,MIS3阶段海侵为潮坪－河口砂坝沉积体系。     

OSL and 14C chronologies of a Holocene sedimentary record (Garding‐2 core) from the German North Sea coast

The history of sea‐level change and sediment accumulation since the last deglaciation along the German North Sea coast is still controversial because of a limitation in the quantity and quality of chronological data. In the current study, the chronology of a 16‐ka coastal sedimentary record from the Garding‐2 core, retrieved from the Eiderstedt Peninsula in Schleswig‐Holstein, northern Germany, was established using OSL and AMS ¹⁴C dating techniques. The robust chronology using 14 radiocarbon and 25 OSL dates from the Garding‐2 core is the first long‐term record that covers the Holocene as well as the last deglaciation period in one succession in the German North Sea area. It provides a new insight into understanding the Holocene transgression and coastal accumulation histories. The combined evidence from the sedimentology and chronology investigations indicates that an estuarine environment dominated in Eiderstedt Peninsula from 16 to 13 ka, followed by a depositional hiatus between 13 and 8.3 ka, attributed to erosion caused by the Holocene transgression; the onset of the Holocene transgression at the core site occurred at around 8.3 ka. The sea level continued to rise with a decelerated rate until around 3 ka. Since 3 ka, the shoreline has begun to prograde. Foreshore (tidal flat) sediments have been deposited at the drilling site with a very high sedimentation rate of about 10 m ka^?1. At around 2 ka, a sandy beach deposit accumulated in the sedimentary succession, indicating that the coastline shifted landward, which may represent a small‐scale transgression in the late Holocene. At around 1.5 ka, terrestrial clastic sediment started to accumulate, indicating a retreat of the relative sea level in this area, which may be related to local diking activities undertaken since the 11th century.