According to the glacial landforms and deposits with the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating results, two glacial
stages of the last glacial cycle (LGC) and Late Glacial were identified. The Late Glacial stage (Meteorological Station glacier
advance) took place about 11 ka (11.3±1.2 ka), and the last glacial maximum (LGM), named Black Wind Mouth glacier advance,
occurred at 20 ka (20.0±2.1 ka). Based on the Ohmura’s formula in which there is a relationship between summer (JJA) atmospheric
temperature (T) and the annual precipitation (P) at ELA, the present theoretical equilibrium line altitude (ELAt) in Changbai Mountains was 3380±100 m. Six methods of accumulation-area ratio (AAR), maximum elevation of lateral moraines
(MELM), toe-to headwall altitude ratios (THAR), the terminal to summit altitudinal (TSAM), the altitude of cirque floor (CF),
and the terminal to average elevation of the catchment area (Hofer) were used for calculation of the former ELAs in different
stages. These methods provided the ELA for a range of 2250–2383 m with an average value of 2320±20 m during the LGM, which
is 200 m higher than the value of previous investigation. The snowlines during the Late Glacial are 2490 m on northern slope,
and 2440 m on western slope. The results show that the snowline on northern slope is 50 m higher than that on western slope
during the Late Glacial, and the average snowline is 2465m. The ΔELA values were more than 1000 m during the LGM, and about
920 m lower than now during the Late Glacial stage respectively. Compared with Taiwanese and Japanese mountains in East Asia
during the LGM, the effect of the uplift on ELA in Changbai Mountains during the glaciations (i.e. 20 m uplift in the LGM
and 11 m in the Late Glacial) is not obvious.
Foundation: National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40571016
Author: Zhang Wei (1969–), Ph.D and Professor, specialized in Quaternary environment and climate geomorphology. 相似文献
根据冰川地貌和地形特征、岩性、冰川沉积物的风化程度以及OSL测年结果,认为长白山地区发育两期冰川作用,即末次冰盛期和晚冰期,测年结果分别为20.0±2.1ka和11.3±1.2ka。根据平衡线(ELA)处6~8月多年平均气温(T)和年降水量(P)的关系,计算长白山现代理论雪线高度为3380±100m。通过积累区面积比率AAR(accumulation-arearatio)、冰川末端到山顶高度TSAM(the terminal to summit altitudinal),冰川末端至分水岭平均高度Hofer(the terminal to average elevation of the catchment area)、末端至冰斗后壁比率THAR(toe-to headwall altitude ratios)、冰斗底部高程CF(cirque-floor altitudes method)、侧碛堤最大高度法MELM(maximum elevation of lateral moraines)等方法计算该区末次冰盛期雪线高度为2250~2383m,平均值2320±20m。考虑到末次冰盛期后地壳上升20m,当时雪线的实际高度为2300±20m,冰盛期的雪线降低值为1080±100m。晚冰期北坡和西坡的雪线高度分别为2490m和2440m,平均值2465m,考虑新构造运动后的雪线实际高度2454m,降低值926±100m。长白山新构造运动(LGM上升约20m,晚冰期上升约11m)在末次冰盛期以来对冰川发育的影响不明显。 相似文献