Palaeochannels on the North China Plain: relationships between their development and tectonics
Special Issue: Studies of the palaeochannels on the North China Plain
Basement ; Carrying capacity ; China ; Fault ; Northern China ; Palaeogeography ; Palaeogeomorphology ; Palaeohydrology ; Plain ; Quaternary ; Stream ; Tectonics ; Vertical movement
Geological structure plays an important role in the development of the palaeochannels in the North China Plain. Mountain uplift, subsidence of the plain, and tectonic movement of the basement since the Cenozoic, have interacted with the flashy
The late pleistocene and Holocene palaeochannels in the North China Plain were divided into 6 stages on the basis of 7 indicators: basal erosion surface and channel lag deposits, macropaleontology, organic matter content, ground water quality, heavy
activity, and 2 palaeoswamp development stages, or periods of fluvial inactivity, on the North China Plain.