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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 1-9.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2020.00030

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Characteristics, age and process of Mohetai alluvial fan gobi in the upper reaches of Baiyang River in the western margin of Junggar Basin, NW China

Suchao Li1,2(), Man Qiu3, Xiaoze Li1,2(), Jingde Liu4, Limin Wang5, Yang Hu4, Zhigang Li1, Gaihong Niu1,2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3.Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Geological Exploration Center, Urumqi 830000, China
    4.Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation, Shihezi 832000, Xinjiang, China
    5.Xinjiang Surveying & Designing Institute, Ministry of Agriculture / Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Surveying & Designing Institute (Group) Co. , Ltd, Urumqi 830000, China
  • Received:2020-01-14 Revised:2020-03-09 Online:2020-08-20 Published:2020-09-01
  • Contact: Xiaoze Li

Abstract:

Gobi geomorphology and sedimentary of the alluvial fan had developed in the Mohetai area, which is located in the upper reaches of Baiyang River in the western margin of Junggar Basin, NW China. There are abundant strontium-rich water and soil resources. It is of great significance to study the paleoenvironment and water and soil resources. Based on previous studies, our field investigation and laboratory analysis, the fan groups were classified into three types by morphological parameter characteristics: large, medium and small. The basement of the fan is mainly composed of dipping strata from Jurassic to the early Neogene. The fan body strata chiefly consist of the upper part of Neogene and the Quaternary gravel layer. The sedimentary facies of the fan body strata include aeolian sub-facies (ventifacts, sand dunes and loess etc.), aquatic sub-facies (fluvial, lacustrine facies etc.), gravity collapse sub-facies and suspected moraine sub-facies. The fan bodies had been primarily formed since 3.596 Ma BP. The process of geomorphology, sedimentation and environment were divided into three stages and seven sub-stages, corresponding to the regional tectonic-climate stages, respectively.

Key words: Junggar Basin, alluvial fan, gobi geomorphology, formation age, development process

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