Depositional environments of the Carboniferous-Permian Taiyuan Formation (southern North China Block) as deduced from trace elements and from carbon and oxygen isotopes

• Autorzy: Lv Dawei , Hu Guangqing , Van Loon Antonius Johannes , Wu Dun

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DOI

10.7306/gq.1570

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Limestone layers are extensively developed in the continental/ocean transitional Taiyuan Formation. This formation accumulated on the southern North China Block. The precise environmental conditions of the Taiyuan Formation are still controversial. More information about these topics is presented here on the basis of the analysis of trace elements (Mo, V, Cd, Cr, U, Th), which can be used to determine characteristics of the depositional environment, and of carbon and oxygen isotopes (δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O) in limestone samples from the Huainan Coal Basin. Samples were taken for the purpose from cores of all 13 limestone levels, obtained from a coal-exploration borehole (code P2) in the Huainan Coal Basin. It was found that the δ¹⁸O values show a decreasing trend, suggesting a gradual rise of the sea level in a warm climate. Three negative shifts of δ¹³C appear in a lower, a middle and an upper limestone layer, accompanied by relative enrichment of the redox-sensitive elements (Cd, Cr, Mo and V). These three layers are thus deduced to have been deposited in a warm climate with a high sea level and with more terrigenous input than during deposition of the other limestone layers. The redox elements and elemental ratios (V/Cr, Th/U) in the limestones suggest deposition in an oxygen-rich sea with high salinity.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Taiyuan Formation; North China Block; palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; trace-element analysis

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 65, No. 1
• Strony: art. no. 1
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 89 poz., fot., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Lv Dawei

• Shandong University of Science and Technology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization and Sedimentary Minerals, Qingdao, Shandong 266590, China
• Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China

autor

Hu Guangqing

• University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
• Exploration and Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Bureau of Coal Geology, Hefei 230088, China

autor

Van Loon Antonius Johannes

• Shandong University of Science and Technology, College of Earth Science and Engineering, Qingdao, Shandong 266590, China

autor

Wu Dun

• University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
• Exploration and Research Institute, Anhui Provincial Bureau of Coal Geology, Hefei 230088, China

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