Characteristics and Geological Conditions of Coastal Zone Quaternary Sediment Formations in The Binh -Tri -Thien Area under The Context of Global Sea Level Change
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Abstract
Quaternary sediments in the Binh Tri Thien coastal zone are diverse in both material composition and development history. From land to sea, there are 4 structural regions: i) marginal plain region; ii) Coastal lagoon region; iii) Coastal sand dunes region; and iv) Monocline coastal subsidence region. In the vertical direction, all four regions have five sedimentary cycles as follows: a) Early Pleistocene (Q11); b) Early middle Pleistocene (Q12a); c) Late middle Pleistocene (Q12b); d) Early late Pleistocene (Q13a); e) Late late Pleistocene (Q13b-Q2). Four structural zones are characterized by different lithofacies complexes: 1) In the lowstand systems tract (LST) at the beginning of each cycle in all 4 structural zones, the SmaLST facies complex is present; 2) In the transgressive systems tract (TST), there are the following lithofacies complexes: a) region I: MsbTST; b) region II: MlgTST; c) region III: SmTST; d) region IV: Msam,mTST; 3) In the highstand systems tract (HST) there are the following facies complexes: a) Region I: (MsabHST); b) Region II: MslgHST; c) Region III: SmvHST; d) Region IV: SmmHST. The difference in sedimentary facies in the transgressive and highstand systems tract depends on the differentiation of four geological structure regions.
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