The current main problems and solutions of Holocene paleoenvironmental re-search of Dongting Basin have been proposed based on analysing the primary results on this basin. The understanding on the Holocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the basin is low,the reasons causing the situation mainly includes:1 ) detailed Holocene stratigraphic division and correlation has not been performed;2 ) being lack of multi paleoenvironmental proxies correlation;3 ) very low time resolution;4 ) quantitative paleoenvironmental study has not been carried out, and the following solutions should be obtained:1 ) ...
