Table 2 Statistics of grain size composition and parameters of Quaternary strata in the Bayan borehole.

From: Quaternary stratigraphy of Bayan borehole in eastern Songnen Plain and its paleoclimate significance

Formation

Depth/m

Clay <4 μm

Fine silt 4~16μm

Coarse silt 16~63 μm

Sand >63 μm

Average

Range

Average

Range

Average

Range

Average

Range

Guxiangtun

1.50~18.80

9.45%

2.78%~29.84%

31.41%

11.33%~59.30%

42.47%

10.86%~62.09%

11.66%

0.00%~51.70%

Harbin

18.80~35.50

11.93%

2.99%~36.68%

42.86%

16.40%~61.27%

41.30%

14.67%~59.04%

3.90%

0.00%~24.86%

Huangshan

35.50~58.00

14.20%

5.26%~24.04%

44.97%

26.79%~66.64%

37.54%

12.43%~49.82%

3.29%

0.00%~14.87%

  

Md/μm

Mz/μm

Sk

KG

Guxiangtun

1.50~18.80

22.69

6.26~47.30

28.75

7.42~65.77

−0.19

−0.46~0.01

1.03

0.84~1.36

Harbin

18.80~35.50

14.95

5.83~35.80

18.54

7.39~42.33

−0.15

−0.29~0.03

1.05

0.87~1.47

Huangshan

35.50~58.00

13.08

6.93~23.70

17.00

8.16~29.77

−0.13

−0.26~0.05

1.04

0.86~1.46