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太行山西部寒武系超覆层序演化特征 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
王立峰 《华北地质矿产杂志》1996,11(1):65-72
太行山西部位于华北地台的中部地区，吕梁古陆控制了寒武纪地层的发展与演化。通过研究，本区可识别出５个沉积层序：层序１形成于早寒武世龙王庙期与毛庄期，时限约４Ｍａ；层序２形成于中寒武世徐庄期与张夏早期，时限约５Ｍａ；层序３形成于张夏中晚期，时限约６Ｍａ，层序４形成于晚寒武世崮山期至长山末期，时限约１０Ｍａ；层序５形成于凤山期，时限约５Ｍａ。层序１，２，４为１类沉积层序，底部有河流回春作用；层序３、５为Ⅱ类沉积层序。这５个沉积层序自东向西逐渐上超形成超覆层序，反映了碳酸盐台地的形成与发展的演化特征。 相似文献
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中国古大陆及其边缘早古生代层序地层及海平面变化的基本特征 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
着重总结了我国古大陆及其边缘早古生代大层序（ｍｅｇａｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ，一级层序）和中层序（ｍｅｓｏｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ，二级层序），以及一级、二级海平面变化的基本特征，并与国外早古生代海平面变化进行对比．我国３大古陆（华北陆块、扬子陆块、塔里木陆块）及其边缘早古生代大层序可划分为两个（ＭＧ－１，ＭＧ－２）．中层序划分为５个（ＭＳ－１，ＭＳ－２，ＭＳ－３，ＭＳ－４，ＭＳ－５）．ＭＧ－１包括ＭＳ－１，ＭＳ－２和ＭＳ－３，时限为９４～１１２Ｍａ（寒武纪和早奥陶世），底以巨大不整合为界，顶以著名巨大沉没不整合为限，沉积了我国显生宙大部分的碳酸盐岩，赋存着丰富的油气和各种金属及非金属矿产．ＭＧ－２包括ＭＳ－４和ＭＳ－５，时限为５８～６８Ｍａ（中、晚奥陶世和志留纪），底界以巨大沉没不整合为界，为硅质碎屑－碳酸盐岩组合．海平面变化的级别划分对应于层序．中国３大古陆及其边缘早古生代海平面变化的总貌：ＭＧＳＣ－１初期普遍发生快速海进，海平面升高，尔后海平面下降，其间有多期次的小幅度海进和海退变化．ＭＧＳＣ－２则普遍海平面升高，上升幅度大于ＭＧＳＣ－１，尔后逐渐下降． 相似文献
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华北地台北部奥陶纪露头层序地层 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
本项研究以河北唐山、北京西山和河北曲阳剖面为重点，首次动用运用多学科的方法对华北地台北部奥陶纪露头层序地层进行综合研究。完善了研究程序，建立了层序地层划分对比标准和区内相分布格架。研究中将副层序直接用于野外分层；将副层序归纳为代表６种沉积相的２１个模型；识别了三类层序界面，即ＳＢ１面、间断型ＳＢ２面和相转换型ＳＢ２面；进行地层多级沉积旋回或分，包括２个二级旋回，６－７个三级旋回（每个旋回时限约６７Ｍａ），２２—２６个四级旋回（每个旋回时限约１５—１８Ｍａ）及１５５—１８５个五级旋回（每个旋回时限约０２１－０２６Ｍａ）；取得多项系统成果。区域相分布和相对海平面变化研究表明，区内奥陶纪台地环境的演变分为３个阶段：藻礁缓坡－台盆阶段，潮滩缓坡－台盆阶段和泻湖潮滩－缓坡阶段。３个沉积模式分别代表这３个阶段。 相似文献
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鄂尔多斯地区南部与东秦岭早古生代的关系和演化——以中层序(mesosequence)观点述之 总被引：3，自引：2，他引：3
鄂尔多斯地区南部和东秦岭北部是华北稳定陆块与秦岭海槽之间的过渡带．早古生代可划分为５个中层序（ｍｅｓｏｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ）．ＭＳ－１．包括下寒武统及中寒武统徐庄组，为混水台地沉积体系，时间跨度在３５Ｍａ；ＭＳ－２．包括下寒武统张夏组、上寒武统和下奥陶统冶里—亮甲山组，为清水台地沉积体系，时间跨度近３７．９Ｍａ；ＭＳ－３．包括下奥陶统马家沟组和峰峰组，为蒸发型台地沉积体系，时间跨度近３１Ｍａ．三者组成显生宙第一大层序（ｍｅｇａｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ），形成一巨大沉积旋回，为地壳动力伸张所成；ＭＳ－４．包括赵老峪组，为弧后盆地形成的斜坡沉积体系和盆地沉积体系，时间跨度１７Ｍａ；ＭＳ－５．系上奥陶统，包括背锅山组、上店组、两岔口组等，为残留海台地型沉积体系．这两个中层序形成显生宙第二大层序的主体，形成一巨大沉积旋回，为地壳动力挤压所成． 相似文献
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介绍了对东寒武系进行层序地层学研究所采用的方法，层序的基本特征及取得的主要成果。确定有１０个层序，其时限为１－１０Ｍａ，其中下寒统武有６个，中上，上寒武统各２个。此外还划分出次层序２７个，组合层序２个。此项研究工作对本区寒武系地层划分与对比，界线的确定具有重要意义：１．沧浪阶生物地层的争论，是由于滇东存在两个Ⅰ型层序边界，乌龙箐段与红井哨段为假整合关系，故生物带发育不完整；２．双龙潭组与西王庙组应 相似文献
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济阳坳陷滩海地区下第三系可划分为３个二级层序，持续时间依次为１１．５、９、５．４Ｍａ，３个层序在时空分布上有一定的规律性，总的趋势是沉积中心由南西向北东转移。每个层序可进一步划分出３个株系域；低水位体系域、湖侵体系域及高水位体系域。油气藏的分布规律与层序边界关系密切。 相似文献
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着重总结了我国古大陆及其边缘早古生代大层序和中层序，以及一级、二级海平面变化的基本特征，并与国 古一代海平面变化进行对比，我国３大古陆（华北陆块、扬了愉、塔里木陆块）、及其边缘早古生代大层序）及其边级早古生代大层序可划分为两个（ＭＧ－１，ＭＧ－２），中层序划分５个（ＭＳ－１，ＭＳ－２，ＭＳ－３，ＭＳ－４，ＭＳ－５）ＭＧ－１包括ＭＳ－１，ＭＳ－２和ＭＳ－３，时奶９４－１１２Ｍａ（寒武上奥陶世），底以 相似文献
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华北地台中寒武统张夏组上部高频层序研究 总被引：8，自引：1，他引：7
根据华北地台东部寒武系露头层序地层研究,将张夏组划分为两个正层序,其中上部正层序（５３０－５２５ＭａＢ．Ｐ．,三叶虫带Ａｍｐｈｏｔｏｎ－Ｔａｉｔｚｕｉａ带至Ｄａｍｅｓｅｌａ带）由４个亚层序和１７－２３个小层序组成,其中正层序和亚层序具有高分辨率区域地层对比意义。每一级层序均表现为向上变浅和变粗进积型序列,底部常以间断－加深面或洪泛面为界。该时期的海平面变化具有高频振荡特点,构成一个三级复合海平面变化旋回。由不同级别层序所反映的海平面变化旋回可以分别与天文周期的奥特周期（２—５Ｍａ）、米兰科维奇长周期（０．１—０．４Ｍａ）和米兰科维奇短周期（０．０２—０．０４Ｍａ）相对比。据层序地层和相序及相模式的研究,识别出６种类型的小层序,陆棚盆地至上缓坡显示出由Ａ—Ｆ类型的规律性变化。 相似文献
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贵州东北部下-中志留统层序地层研究 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
贵州东北部下、中志留统（Ｌｌａｎｄｏｖｅｒｙ－Ｗｅｎｌｏｃｋ统下部，４３９～４２７Ｍａ）划分为６个三级层序（ＯＳ１—ＯＳ６），其平均延限约为２Ｍａ．ＯＳ１由龙马溪组和香树园组构成．雷家屯组包括两个三级层序．ＯＳ４由马脚冲组和溶溪组构成．秀山组和回星哨组构成ＯＳ５和ＯＳ６层序．ＯＳ１为Ｉ型层序，其余为Ⅱ型层序．三级层序均发育ＴＳＴ和ＨＳＴ，而缺乏ＬＳＴ和ＳＭＳＴ．层序的发育与全球海平面变化有密切关系．加里东运动造成的扬子地台持续上升对二级层序的组成具有明显影响． 相似文献
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Tectonic, eustatic and environmental controls on mid-Cretaceous carbonate platform deposition, south-central Pyrenees, Spain 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Cenomanian–Turonian strata of the south‐central Pyrenees in northern Spain contain three prograding carbonate sequences that record interactions among tectonics, sea level, environment and sediment fabric in controlling sequence development. Sequence UK‐1 (Lower to Upper Cenomanian) contains distinct lagoonal, back‐margin, margin, slope and basin facies, and was deposited on a broad, flat shelf adjacent to a deep basin. The lack of reef‐constructing organisms resulted in a gently dipping ramp morphology for the margin and slope. Sequence UK‐2 (Upper Cenomanian) contains similar shallow‐water facies belts, but syndepositional tectonic modification of the margin resulted in a steep slope and deposition of carbonate megabreccias. Sequence UK‐3 (Lower to Middle Turonian) records a shift from benthic to pelagic deposition, as the shallow platform was drowned in response to a eustatic sea‐level rise, coupled with increased organic productivity. Sequences UK‐1 to UK‐3 are subdivided into lowstand, transgressive and highstand systems tracts based on stratal geometries and facies distribution patterns. The same lithologies (e.g. megabreccias) commonly occur in more than one systems tract, indicating that: (1) the depositional system responded to more than just sea‐level fluctuations; and (2) similar processes occurred during different times throughout sequence development. These sequences illustrate the complexity of carbonate platform dynamics that influence sequence architecture. Rift tectonics and flexural subsidence played a major role in controlling the location of the platform margin, maintaining a steep slope gradient through syndepositional faulting, enhancing slope instability and erosion, and influencing depositional processes, stratal relationships and lithofacies distribution on the slope. Sea‐level variations (eustatic and relative) strongly influenced the timing of sequence and parasequence boundary formation, controlled changes in accommodation and promoted platform drowning (in conjunction with other factors). Physico‐chemical and climatic conditions were responsible for reducing carbonate production rates and inducing platform drowning. Finally, a mud‐rich sediment fabric affected platform morphology, growth geometries (aggradation vs. progradation) and facies distribution patterns. 相似文献
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The Maggol Limestone of Ordovician age was deposited in the Taebaeksan (Taebacksan) Basin which occupies the northeastern flank of the Okcheon (Ogcheon) Belt of South Korea. Carbonate facies analysis in conjunction with conodont biostratigraphy suggests that an overall regression toward the top of the Maggol Limestone probably culminated in subaerial exposure of platform carbonates in the early Middle Ordovician (earliest Darriwilian). Elsewhere this subaerial exposure event is manifested as a major paleokarst unconformity at the Sauk-Tippecanoe sequence boundary beneath the Middle Ordovician succession and its equivalents, most in notably North America and North China. Due to its global extent, this paleokarst unconformity has been viewed as a product of second- or third-order eustatic sea level fall during the early Middle Ordovician. The Sauk-Tippecanoe sequence boundary in South Korea, however, appears to be a discrete marine-flooding surface in the upper Maggol Limestone. Strata beneath this surface represent by a thinning-upward stack of exposure-capped tidal flat-dominated cycles that are closely associated with multiple occurrences of paleokarst-related solution-collapse breccias. This marine-flooding surface is onlapped by a thick succession of thin-bedded micritic limestone that is eventually overlain by a Middle Ordovician condensed section. This physical stratigraphic relationship suggest that second- and third-order eustatic sea level fall may have been significantly tempered by regional tectonic subsidence near the end of Maggol deposition. The tectonic subsidence is also evidenced by the occurrence of coeval off-platform lowstand siliciclastic quartzite lenses as well as debris flow carbonate breccias (i.e., the Yemi Breccia) in the basin. With continued tectonic subsidence, a subsequent rise in the eustatic cycle caused drowning and deep flooding of the carbonate platform, forming a discrete marine-flooding surface that may be referred to as a drowning unconformity. This tectonic interpretation contrasts notably with the slowly subsiding carbonate platform model for the basin as has been previously suggested. Thus, it is proposed that the Taebaeksan Basin in the northeastern flank on the Okcheon Belt evolved from a slowly subsiding carbonate platform to a rapidly subsiding intracontinental rift basin during the early Middle Ordovician. 相似文献
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《Gondwana Research》2006,9(4):511-528
The Maggol Limestone of Ordovician age was deposited in the Taebaeksan (Taebacksan) Basin which occupies the northeastern flank of the Okcheon (Ogcheon) Belt of South Korea. Carbonate facies analysis in conjunction with conodont biostratigraphy suggests that an overall regression toward the top of the Maggol Limestone probably culminated in subaerial exposure of platform carbonates in the early Middle Ordovician (earliest Darriwilian). Elsewhere this subaerial exposure event is manifested as a major paleokarst unconformity at the Sauk-Tippecanoe sequence boundary beneath the Middle Ordovician succession and its equivalents, most in notably North America and North China. Due to its global extent, this paleokarst unconformity has been viewed as a product of second- or third-order eustatic sea level fall during the early Middle Ordovician. The Sauk-Tippecanoe sequence boundary in South Korea, however, appears to be a discrete marine-flooding surface in the upper Maggol Limestone. Strata beneath this surface represent by a thinning-upward stack of exposure-capped tidal flat-dominated cycles that are closely associated with multiple occurrences of paleokarst-related solution-collapse breccias. This marine-flooding surface is onlapped by a thick succession of thin-bedded micritic limestone that is eventually overlain by a Middle Ordovician condensed section. This physical stratigraphic relationship suggest that second- and third-order eustatic sea level fall may have been significantly tempered by regional tectonic subsidence near the end of Maggol deposition. The tectonic subsidence is also evidenced by the occurrence of coeval off-platform lowstand siliciclastic quartzite lenses as well as debris flow carbonate breccias (i.e., the Yemi Breccia) in the basin. With continued tectonic subsidence, a subsequent rise in the eustatic cycle caused drowning and deep flooding of the carbonate platform, forming a discrete marine-flooding surface that may be referred to as a drowning unconformity. This tectonic interpretation contrasts notably with the slowly subsiding carbonate platform model for the basin as has been previously suggested. Thus, it is proposed that the Taebaeksan Basin in the northeastern flank on the Okcheon Belt evolved from a slowly subsiding carbonate platform to a rapidly subsiding intracontinental rift basin during the early Middle Ordovician. 相似文献
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In order to understand sequence development and sea-level fluctuations during the late Middle Cambrian to early Furongian on the North China epeiric platform, the present study focuses on a unique, subtle erosion surface of an extensive (approx. 100 km), strongly deformed limestone bed in the uppermost part of the Gushan Formation, Shandong Province, China. The Gushan Formation and the overlying Chaomidian Formation consist mainly of shales and a variety of carbonates that were deposited in subtidal environments (e.g., deep subtidal, shallow subtidal, shoreface/shoal, subtidal microbial flat, and restricted platform interior). Three third-order depositional sequences (S1–3) are identified, each of which comprises a thin transgressive systems tract (TST) and a relatively thick highstand systems tract (HST). Each sequence is bounded by a drowning unconformity (SB1), a subaerial unconformity (SB2), or a surface of submarine erosion (SB3). The upper sequence boundary (SB2) of sequence 1 (S1) is represented by a subtle erosion surface of an extensive, deformed limestone bed with a wide variety of soft-sediment deformation structures (e.g., lime mudstone breccias, chaotic wacke-packstone laminae and fragments, homogenized oolites, and clastic dykes), and is overlain by small sporadic microbial buildups and an extensive bioclastic grainstone bed. The deformed limestone was formed during early diagenesis by differential deformation processes (brecciation, liquefaction/fluidization, and injection) which were most likely induced by pore-water overpressure during the period of rapid sea-level fall. Despite the lack of subaerial exposure features (e.g., paleokarst, paleosol, etc.), the characteristics of the erosion surface (cutting well-lithified sediment below), the missing of a significant geological record (the Prochuangia biozone), and the worldwide correlatable positive carbon isotope excursion collectively indicate that the erosion surface developed under conditions of subaerial exposure after contemporaneous marine cementation of the deformed sediment. The missing of the Prochuangia biozone is most likely due to non-deposition at a subaerial hiatal surface. The erosion surface was submerged as a result of subsequent rise in sea level, where sporadic microbial buildups formed under suitable conditions. Freshly deposited, winnowed, shell-dominated transgressive lag deposits (containing Chuangia trilobite fragments, brachiopod shells, and abundant glauconite grains) formed with continued rise in sea level, which became, in turn, overlain by shale-dominated facies. The unique combination of the subtle erosion surface (sensu stricto a subaerial unconformity) and the underlying deformed limestone bed provides an important criterion for recognizing the subtle changes in relative sea level on shallow epeiric platforms. 相似文献
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南盘江盆地早—中三叠世层序地层格架及相对海平面变化研究 总被引：6，自引：5，他引：6
南盘江盆地的早—中三叠世地层中 ,沉积相形成复杂而有序的空间变化和时间变化。二叠纪与三叠纪之交的大规模台地淹没事件之后 ,三叠纪碳酸盐台地从缓坡型演化为镶嵌陆架型 ;空间上 ,从连陆台地到浊积盆地相分异特别明显 ,而且在盆地中发育若干的孤立台地 ,特别是南宁和靖西一带 ,孤立台地上早三叠世的鲕粒滩以及连陆台地边缘的礁滩相灰岩更是引人注目。尽管不同相带的三级沉积层序相序组构千差万变 ,并且它们的形成时限也不尽相同 ,但是由其所表征的相对海平面变化则具有大致的同步性 ,因此在早—中三叠世地层中可以识别出 6个三级沉积层序。以地层记录中的两种相变面和两种穿时性为基本要素 ,可以建立南盘江盆地早—中三叠世的层序地层格架。 相似文献
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MEI Mingxiang MA Yongsheng DENG Jun CHEN Huijun Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Tectonics Lithoprobing Technology of the Education Ministry China University of Geosciences Beijing Department of Oil-Fields China Petrochemical Corporation Beijing 《《地质学报》英文版》2005,79(3):372-383
In the Late Cambrian, the North China Platform was a typical carbonate ramp platform. The Upper Cambrian of the northern part of the North China Platform is famous for the development of bioherm limestones and storm calcirudites and can be divided from bottom to top into the Gushan, Changshan and Fengshan formations. In this set of strata, the deep-ramp mudstone and marls and the shallow-ramp packstones and grainstones constitute many carbonate meter-scale cycles of subtidal type. More tidal-flat dolomites axe developed in the Upper Cambrian of the southern margin of the North China platform, in which limestone and dolomite beds also constitute many carbonate meter-scale cycles of the peritidal type. These cycles are marked by a variety of litho-facies successions. There are regularly vertical stacking patterns of meter-scale cycles in long-term third-order sequences, which is the key to discerning such sequences. Third-order sequence is marked by a particular sedimentary-facies succession that is the result of the environment-changing process of deepening and shoaling, which is genetically related to third-order sea level changes. Furthermore, four third-order sequences can be grouped in the Upper Cambrian of the North China Platform. The main features of these four third-order sequences in the northern part of the platform can be summarized as follows: firstly, sequence-boundaries are characterized by drowning unconformities; secondly, the sedimentary-facies succession is generally constituted by one from deep-ramp facies to shallow-ramp facies; thirdly, a succession of “CS (?) HST” (i.e., “condensed section and highstand system”) forms these four third-order sequences. The chief features for the third-order sequences in the southern part of the North China Platform comprises: more dolomites are developed in the HSTs of third-order sequences and also developed more carbonate meter-scale cycles of peritidal types; the sedimentary-facies succession of the third-order sequences is marked by “shallow ramp-tidal flat”; the sequence boundaries are characterized by exposure punctuated surfaces. According to the changes for the third-order sequences from the north to the south, a regular sequence-stratigraphic framework can be established. From cycles to sequences, the study of sequence stratigraphy from litho-facies successions to sedimentary-facies successions exposes that as follows: meter-scale cycles that are used as the basic working unit actually are litho-facies successions formed by the mechanism of a punctuated aggradational cycle, and third-order sequences that are constituted by regularly vertical stacking patterns of meter-scale cycles are marked by sedimentary-facies successions. On the basis of the changing curve of water depth at each section, the curve of the relative third-order sea level changes in the late Cambrian of the North China Platform can be integrated qualitatively from changing curve of water depth. The correlation of Late Cambrian long-term sea level changes between North China and North America demonstrates that there are not only similarities but also differences, reflecting control of long-term sea level changes both by global eustacy and by regional factors. 相似文献
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利用沉积学及层序地层学方法,通过对章丘煤田主要构造单元单井沉积相、层序地层分析,将章丘煤田石炭二叠纪含煤岩系的本溪组、太原组、山西组划分为1个一级盆地层序、2个二级构造层序、3个三级层序。在层序内部识别最大湖泛面或与之相当的沉积转换面,划分体系域,并重点对三级层序的划分进行研究。研究认为：三级层序Ⅰ发育高水位体系域和海侵体系域,主要由潮坪沉积体系、障壁-泻湖沉积体系和碳酸盐台地沉积体系组成;层序Ⅱ发育海侵体系域和高水位体系域,主要由潮坪体系、滨外台地体系和障壁-泻湖沉积体系组成;层序Ⅲ中低水位体系域、海侵体系域、高水位体系域都有较好发育,主要由浅水曲流河三角洲沉积体系组成。 相似文献
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Quaternary deposits are described from well‐exposed sections in cliffs at Plage de Mezpeurleuch, Finistère, Brittany (France). The general lithostratigraphic sequence comprises Holocene perched dune sand, calcrete and palaeosol overlying Weichselian head and coarse clastic palaeobeach units attributed to the last interglacial (Eemian–isotope substage 5e). A lower and an upper palaeobeach, separated by a thin head deposit, are reported resting on an irregular palaeorock platform eroded in Hercynian granite. From a comparison with modern coastal environments a palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the palaeobeach deposits is made. Erosionally bounded facies of the lower palaeobeach, are considered to be a transgressive sequence preserved by drowning associated with a rapid rise in relative sea‐level. Its subsequent abandonment is attributed to a relative sea‐level fall, which allowed a terrestrial environment to develop briefly. Facies of the upper palaeobeach however indicate a prograding shoreline developed during a prolonged period of relatively stable sea‐level. These sea‐level observations are in good agreement with other evidence for a brief widespread intra‐Eemian cold event. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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《China Geology》2019,2(3):301-314
Based on well logging and seismic data, combined with a comparative analysis of drilling data in the Lower Yangtze region, the sequence stratigraphic framework of the Qinglong Formation was established and divided into four third-order sequences. Each sequence is mainly composed of the transgress system tract (TST) and the high-stand system tract (HST). According to the lithology, logging curve and seismic reflection structure, the sedimentary filling characteristics and evolution law for the sequence are analyzed. The results show that each sequence is dominated by a half-cycle decline of sea level, and the rise-fall of sea level controls the distribution and evolution of sedimentary systems within the sequence. During the relative sea-level rise, sedimentation rates slow down and muddy sediments are developed. The characteristics of condensing intervals on the flooding surface are very obvious, and continental shelf and open platform deposition are mainly developed. During the relative decline of sea level, the thickness of sediments increased. The main developments were restricted platform and platform shoal environment, and locally developed evaporation platform environment. 相似文献
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Ryan M. Phelps Charles Kerans Robert G. Loucks Rui O.B.P. Da Gama Jason Jeremiah David Hull 《Sedimentology》2014,61(2):461-496
An integrated sequence stratigraphic study based on outcrop, core and wireline log data documents the combined impact of Cretaceous eustacy and oceanic anoxic events on carbonate shelf morphology and facies distributions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The diverse facies and abundant data of the Comanche platform serve as a nearly complete global reference section and provide a sensitive record of external processes affecting Cretaceous platform development. Regional cross‐sections across the shoreline to shelf‐margin profile provide a detailed record of mixed carbonate–siliciclastic strata for the Hauterivian to lower Campanian stages (ca 136 to 80 Ma). The study window on the slowly subsiding passive margin allows the stratigraphic response to external forcing mechanisms to be isolated from regional structural processes. Three second‐order supersequences comprised of eight composite sequences are recognized in the Valanginian–Barremian, the Aptian–Albian and the Cenomanian–Campanian. The Valanginian–Barremian supersequence transitioned from a siliciclastic ramp to carbonate rimmed shelf and is a product of glacial ice accumulation and melting, as well as variable rates of mid‐ocean ridge volcanism. The Aptian–Albian supersequence chronicles the drowning and recovery of the platform surrounding oceanic anoxic events 1a and 1b. The Cenomanian–Campanian supersequence similarly documents shelf drowning following oceanic anoxic event 1d, after which the platform evolved to a deep‐subtidal system consisting of anoxic/dysoxic shale and chalk in the time surrounding oceanic anoxic event 2. Each period of oceanic anoxia is associated with composite sequence maximum flooding, termination of carbonate shelf sedimentation and deposition of condensed shale units in distally steepened ramp profiles. Composite sequences unaffected by oceanic anoxic events consist of aggradational to progradational shelves with an abundance of grain‐dominated facies and shallow‐subtidal to intertidal environments. Because they are products of eustacy and global oceanographic processes, the three supersequences and most composite sequences defined in the south Texas passive margin are recognizable in other carbonate platforms and published eustatic sea‐level curves. 相似文献