Abstract:Pointing to the disbute whether there is Quaternary glacier or not in Mount Tai, sedimentary samples have been collected and analyzed in southern slope of Mount Tai. As showed by Pollen analysis, dominant plant species were “Pinus + Selaginella + Artemisia + Chenopodiaceae”, and the indicating sedimentary environment was cold and wet environment. By the observations of quartz grain surface by using scanning electron microscopy, it indicated some glacier environmental characteristics, that is the edges and corners were clear with conchoidal fracture and cleavage plane. The sample age was 30.54±2.59 ka B.P, which was equivalent with the PaudorfStillfried in middle glacial stage. According to the modern climate and environment, the temperature and precipitation about Mount Tai paleoclimate have been evaluated. It is found that Mount Taish region had the basic weather conditions of the formation of glaciers in the last glaciation. However, due to short time of PaudorfStillfried, it is regarded that the palaeoclimatic and environmental as indicated by the sediments was periglacial environments.
