Research Paper

Pollen Analysis of Taiwan Pliocene (I)-Chuhuangkeng Section

Tseng-Chieng Huang, Chih-Hua Tsou

Published on: March 1984

Page: 1 - 13

DOI: 10.6165/tai.1984.29.1

Abstract

This is the first report for the pollen analysis of Pliocene in Taiwan. About 6579 palynomorphs are extracted from 19 Pliocene rock samples on the west flank of the Chuhuangkeng oil field along the Houlung River, Miaoli county in northern Taiwan. They can be classified into 57.4% angiospermous pollen grains, 21% gymnospermous pollen grains and 21.6% pteridophytic spores. Four new form species and one new form record are describer. Three polen zones for the Pliocene of northern Taiwan are recognized in this study.

中文摘要

苗栗上新世〈錦水層、卓蘭層〉的孢粉分析顯示,在數量上被子植物長期居於明顯優勢,佔總量57.4%;裸子植物花粉佔21.0%;蕨類孢子佔21.6%。 組成種類至少涵括88個形態屬。新種方面有4個,新紀錄1個。孢粉大多數為零星少量地出現;其出現量佔總數3%以上者視為優勢,共有7個,三溝孔類花粉居最首要,次以松粉佔12.76%。 大體而言,上新世的孢粉組成為中新世之延續,在三百萬年期間種類的興起,滅絕變化不明顯。但與現生臺灣植群比較,則頗有不同,由以蕨類孢子和裸子植物花粉顯示了植物明顯的變遷過程。 上新世地層錦水、卓蘭兩層可劃分為A、B、C三孢粉帶,初期為A帶,以愷木粉、殼斗科粉為較重要。B帶則僅有三溝孔類花粉最優勢,但其中殼斗科粉之比例已減低,愷木粉亦急劇沒落,後段則見單子葉花粉逐漸興盛。C帶以松屬粉及三溝孔類花粉最優勢,尤其橫長體松粉迅速崛起並持續至上新世末期。

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