三叉山地区第四纪冰川后退研究初探-台大地理系-NationalTaiwan.PDFVIP

地理學報 第六十一期： 105-122 (2011) 105 JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (61) : 105-122 (2011) 三叉山地區第四紀冰川後退 研究初探 Quaternary Glacier Retreat in the Sancha Shan Area of the Southern Taiwan A Preliminary Results 何立德 * 王子揚** Lih-Der Ho Tzu-Yang Wang Abstract This study aims to apply geomorphological techniques and rock weathering rind dating to investigate the glacial landforms in the Sancha Shan area of southern Taiwan. Our approach was to test two feasible models for Quaternary glacier retreat in Taiwan’s mountain areas, namely the ―retreat and turn‖ and ―rapid meltdown‖ models, recently proposed by Ho, Chen, and Chyi (20 10). Based on the characteristics of glacial landform assemblage, we considered that the cirque development of Chiaming Lake could be accounted for by the ―rapid meltdown‖ model, and consequently hypothesized that the weathering rinds of moraines here should thicken as the altitudes of moraines rise. On the other hand, the cirque development on the northwestern slope of Sancha Shan could be explained by the ―retreat and turn‖ model, so that the weathering rinds of moraines should thin down as the altitudes of moraines rise. As a matter of fact, we found a bottom-up increase in the weathering rind thickness of Chiaming Lake moraines, ranging from 1.65 ± 0.9 mm, 1.8 ± 0.5 mm to * 國立高雄師範大學地理學系助理教授，通訊作者 (e-mail: ldho@nknu.edu.tw) Assistant Professo