ThesouthcoastalplainofLaizhouBayisoneofthetypicalsalt-waterintrusionareasinChina,theoccurrenceanddevelopmentofwhichwascloselyrelatedwiththepa-laeoenvironmentevolution.Systematicanalysesofpollen,foraminiferaandgrainsizecom-positionbasedon14Candluminescencedatingfromtwosedimentcoreswereperformedforthepurposeofunderstandingthesalt-waterintrusioninthecoastalplainofLaizhouBayfromtheperspectiveofenvironmentalevolutionsincelatePleistocene.Itcouldbeclassifiedintosevenevolutionstagessince120kaBP:120–85kaBPwasatransitionperiodfromcoldtowarm;85–76kaBPwasaperiodwithwarmandwetclimatehavingswamplakesdevelopedinthelowerreachesoftheWeiheRiver,southcoastalplainofLaizhouBay;76–50kaBPwascharacterizedbygrasslandvegetationandcoarsesedimentsinterrestrialenvironment,whichwastheearlystageofDaliIce-Age;50–24kaBPwasaperiodwithalternateseadepositioninthesouthcoastalplainofLaizhouBay;24–10kaBPwasthelatestageofDaliIce-AgewithcoldestperiodofQuaternary,thesouthcoastalplainofLaizhouBaywasdrygrasslandandloessdepositionenvironment;10–4kaBPwasanotherwarmandwetclimateperiod,sealevelwashighandregressedat4kaBP;andhasbeenthemodernsedimentaryenvironmentsince4kaBP.Amongthethreewarmstages,including85–76kaBP,50–24kaBPand10–4kaBP,correspondedtolateYangkou,GuangraoandKenliseawatertransgressionrespec-tively.ThedurationofthelatteroneinsouthcoastalplainofLaizhouBaywaslongerthanthatinwestcoastofBohaiSeaandeastcoastofLaizhouBay.Thethreeperiodsofseawatertransgressionformedthefoundationofsalt-waterintrusioninthisarea.
