Holocene coastal sedimentary evolution of the southern Taihu Plain, East China

Published: 15 April 2026| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/5pr28cgz8x.1
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Bing Song

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Sediment cores SZ24 and SZ50 were collected from the coastal plain in the southern Taihu region. Core SZ24 is located at 120°32′18.46″E, 30°52′29.12″N, with an elevation of 1.61 m, while core SZ50 is located at 120°27′45.56″E, 30°40′51.61″N, with an elevation of 3.08 m. Elevations are reported relative to the 1985 National Vertical Datum. There is pollen data from core SZ24. And there are grain-size data from cores SZ24 and SZ50.

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Pollen grains were generally observed at a magnification of 400×. Identification was based primarily on the published papers or books in China (Academia Sinica, 1976; Academia Sinica, 1979; Tang, 2016). Most samples contained more than 400 pollen grains. However, some samples had very low pollen concentrations, with fewer than 300 grains counted, and were therefore excluded from further analysis. Grain-size analyses were conducted on all the samples in the core SZ24 and core SZ50 using a Mastersizer 3000, and mud content (grain size ≤ 63 μm) was subsequently calculated.

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Grain Size, Pollen

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