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Detrital mode, composition of feldspars and heavy minerals, and major element chemistry of sandstones from the Permo-Triassic succession in the intracratonic Satpura Gondwana basin, central India have been used to investigate provenance. The Talchir Formation, the lowermost unit of the succession, comprises glacio-marine and glacio-fluvial deposits. The rest of the succession (base to top) comprising the Barakar, Motur, Bijori, Pachmarhi and Denwa formations, largely represent variety of fluvial depositional systems with minor fluvio-deltaic and fluvio-lacustrine sedimentation under a variety of climatic conditions including cold, warm, arid, sub-humid and semi-arid. QFL compositions of the sandstones indicate a predominantly continental block provenance and stable cratonic to fault-bounded basement uplift tectonic setting. Compositional maturity of sandstones gradually increases upwards from the Early Permian Talchir to the Middle Triassic Denwa but is punctuated by a sharp peak of increased maturity in the Barakar sandstones. This temporal change in maturity was primarily controlled by temporal variation in fault-induced basement uplift in the craton and was also influenced by climatic factors. Plots of different quartz types suggest plutonic source rocks for the Talchir sandstones and medium-to high-rank metamorphic plus plutonic source rocks for the younger sandstones. Composition of alkali feldspars in the Permo-Triassic sandstones and in different Precambrian rocks suggests sediment derivation from felsic igneous and metasedimentary rocks. Compositions of plagioclase in the Talchir and Bijori sandstones are comparable with those of granite, acid volcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Precambrian basement suggesting the latter as possible source. Rare presence of high-K plagioclase in the Talchir sandstones, however, indicates minor contribution from volcanic source rock. Exclusively plagioclase-bearing metasedimentary rock, tonalite gneiss and mafic rocks are the probable sources of plagioclase in the Upper Denwa sandstones. Quartz-rich nature of the sandstones, predominance of K-feldspar over plagioclase and albite rich character of plagioclase in the sandstones is consistent with deposition in an intracratonic, pull-apart basin like the Satpura Gondwana basin. Composition of garnet and its comparison with that from the Precambrian basement rocks suggests mica-schist and amphibolite as possible sources. Predominance of dravite variety of tourmaline in the Permian sandstones suggests sediment supply from metasedimentary rocks. Presence of both dravite and schorl variety of tourmaline in subequal amount in the Triassic sandstones indicates sediment derivation from granitic and metasedimentary rocks. However, schorl-bearing rocks are absent in the basement complex of the study area. A-CN-K plot suggests granites, acid volcanic rock and meta-sediments of the basement as possible sources of the Talchir sandstones and metasedimentary rocks for the Barakar to Pachmarhi sandstones. The Denwa sandstones were possibly derived from K-feldspar-free, plagioclase-bearing metasediments, mafic rocks and tonalite gneiss. Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) values suggest low intensity source rock weathering for the Talchir sandstones and higher intensity source rock weathering for the others. Various bivariate plots of major oxides composition of the sandstones suggest passive to active continental margin setting and even arc tectonic setting for a few samples. 相似文献
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北羌塘盆地索瓦组上段的时代、古气候及石油地质特征 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2
索瓦组上段是羌塘盆地演化晚期的一套潮坪—潟湖相沉积,分布于北羌塘盆地中部。通过对索瓦组上段区域地层对比,发现索瓦组上段在盆地东部、西部和南部的岩性变化较大,海相油页岩的出露地仅分布于北羌塘坳陷南部胜利河—长蛇山—托纳木一线的局限海湾—潟湖的边缘带,其形成明显受到了古地理条件的控制。根据索瓦组上段以及其下伏地层产出的生物化石组合,并结合油页岩的Re-Os同位素年龄,认为索瓦组上段的时代可能为早白垩世。对该组产出的孢粉化石组合和硅化木分析表明,索瓦组上段在沉积早期和晚期的古气候条件发生了明显的变化,早期为温暖和湿润气候,而晚期为半干旱—干旱气候,这种垂向上的古气候变化特征不仅仅局限于胜利河地区,可能在整个北羌塘盆地都普遍存在。索瓦组上段发育的油页岩及其上部膏岩沉积组合的发现,对于评价羌塘盆地演化晚期的石油地质条件具有重要的意义。 相似文献
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黄陵穹隆东、西两翼上三叠统的精细对比 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
报道了采自于鄂西巴东县上三叠统沙镇溪组新层型剖面3种楔羽叶植物化石，即Sphenozamites marioni Counillon，Sph．fenshuilingensis Meng和Sph．cf．changi Sze。在分析秭归盆地上／中三叠系接触界面特征和化石组合带的基础上，指出盆地西缘上三叠统与下伏中三叠统为连续沉积，而东缘则呈假整合接触。依据黄陵穹隆东、西翼上三叠统的岩性特征、动植物化石和与下伏地层的接触关系，提出荆门—当阳盆地上三叠统王龙滩组和九里岗组可分别与秭归盆地沙镇溪组上部和中下部进行精细对比。 相似文献
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西藏北部雄梅-曲松波地区早白垩世多尼组及沉积环境探讨 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
在西藏北部区域地质调查过程中,发现多尼组岩性自西向东有一定的变化。西区(雄梅地区)下段为深灰、灰、浅灰色微、薄层状粉砂质泥岩、粉砂岩、细砂岩韵律层;中段为成熟度略高的细、中、粗粒石英砂岩韵律层;上段为新建立的地层单位达过火山岩,为中性火山岩。东区(曲松波地区)下段以黄绿、灰绿、土黄色中细砂岩为主夹少量粉砂岩及含砾粗砂岩;中段为灰绿、黄绿、紫、灰紫色粉砂岩、细砂岩韵律层;上段为新建立的地层单位弄巴砾岩,为紫色粗砂岩、砂砾岩、砾岩。多尼组呈带状分布于班公错-怒江缝合带与永珠蛇绿岩带之间。在研究区内多尼组以海岸砂堤及海滩沉积环境为主;研究区以西以浅海相沉积环境为主;研究区以东以潮坪泻湖及沼泽沉积环境为主。中特提斯海东部海岸在多尼组早期可能在研究区以东,中期可能曾移至西区,晚期可能移至东区。这一结论确定了多尼组沉积时期中特提斯海海进、海退过程,它为研究中特提斯海的演化历史、古地理轮廊的确定及青藏高原的形成演变历史提供了新的资料。 相似文献
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冀北滦平盆地大店子组中网雕饰叶肢介Clithrograpta属的发现及其意义 总被引：10，自引：7，他引：3
在深入研究滦平盆地大店子组叶肢介化石时,于该组上部首次发现了网雕饰叶肢介Clithrograpta属,产出层数多,个体数量大,种的分异度高,为冀北滦平盆地大店子组的地层划分与对比,正确建立冀北-辽西陆相侏罗-白垩系的地层格架,提供了关键而有力的古生物证据。根据这一发现和大北沟组至西瓜园组叶肢介化石组合序列,本区大店子组上部（3-4段）可与辽西建昌盆地“义县组”下部（原大新房子组）对比;证明辽西地区缺失相当于本区的大店子组下部（1-2段）地层,西瓜园组大体相当于辽西的义县组。 相似文献
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羌塘盆地侏罗纪末至早白垩世地层包括扎窝茸组、雪山组、白龙冰河组和索瓦组上段，目前对它们的划分、对比和相互间关系的认识不一。笔者根据各组的含义和时代依据，指出各地层组为岩石地层单元，目前资料尚不足以作进一步年代学划分。通过全面统计各组的分布情况，分析各组的沉积特征，发现白龙冰河组为陆棚相，仅见于盆地北西部；索瓦组上段为海湾泻湖相，见于盆地中部；雪山组和扎窝茸组为河流一三角洲相，见于北东部。为此，认为各地层组是盆地内同期异相沉积，作为上下关系处理是不妥的，据此又提出了新的地层对比方案，认为盆内最高海相层位应该跨入了下白垩统，海水最终是向北西方向逐步退出盆地的。 相似文献
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《Journal of Asian Earth Sciences》1999,17(4):443-457
Geochemical changes related to the opening of the Japan Sea are described in the Miocene shale sequence across the boundary of the nonmarine Koura and the marine Josoji formations in southwest Japan. Typical shales of the Koura Formation were derived from source material of acid to intermediate compositions. The Josoji Formation consists of black shales and is more homogeneous in composition than the Koura Formation, with gradual change from intermediate to basic source rock compositions. CIA values [chemical index of alteration; ratio of (Al to Al+Ca+Na+K)×100] for the upper Koura and Josoji formations show higher values (70–80) than those of the underlying lower and middle Koura Formation (40–60). This indicates that highly weathered detritus was supplied to the basin after transgression of the Japan Sea. Both Koura and Josoji shales are depleted in Nb compared with the average composition of cratonic shales, suggesting a volcanic arc signature. Total organic carbon and nitrogen contents increase gradually upward in the two formations, while total sulfur contents show oscillatory change. This relationship suggests a signal of fluctuating sea water invasion into the sedimentary basin during the deposition of the upper units of the Koura Formation (probably between 20–23 Ma) and a regression dominated by fluvial conditions for the lower Josoji Formation. 相似文献
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Lower Paleozoic moderately sorted quartz–arenites from the Balcarce Formation deposited in eastern Argentina (Tandilia System) comprise mainly detrital material derived from old upper crustal material. The sources were magmatic, sedimentary, and subordinated felsic metamorphic terranes. High concentrations of tourmaline and Ti-rich heavy minerals, including zircon and nearly euhedral chromite, are common. Trace element concentrations (Nb, Cr) on rutile indicate pelitic and metabasaltic sources, respectively. Major element analyses on chromites indicate a basic volcanic protolith of mid-oceanic ridge origin, which was exposed close to the depositional basin. The delivery of chromite may be associated with convergent tectonics causing the consumption and obduction of oceanic crust during pre-Upper Ordovician times. The oblique/orthogonal collision of the Precordillera Terrane with the western border of the Rio de la Plata Craton, west of the Balcarce Basin or source further to the east from a Lower Palaeozoic extensional basin are possibilities.Geochemical and petrographic data exclude the underlying Precambrian and Cambrian sedimentary rocks as dominant sources, and favour the basement of the Río de La Plata Craton, including Cambrian rift-related granites of South Africa and the Sierras Australes (eastern Argentina), as main suppliers of detritus. Trace element geochemistry of recycled pyroclastic material, associated with the quartz–arenites, also suggests volcanic arc sources. The provenance of the pyroclastic material may either be the Puna–Famatina arc, located in north and central Argentina, or a hypothetical active margin further to the south. These ash layers are equivalent in age to volcanic zircons found in the Devonian Bokkeveld Group in western South Africa.The deposition of a glacial diamictite of Hirnantian age (Sierra del Volcán Diamictite) is interpreted as a member of the Balcarce Formation. Based on the stratigraphic re-location of the glacial diamictite and trace fossils, the Balcarce Formation is considered here to be Ordovician to Silurian in age. The Balcarce Formation can be correlated with similar rocks in South Africa, the Peninsula Formation, and the upper Table Mountain Group (Windhoek and Nardouw subgroups), including the Hirnantian glacial deposit of the Pakhuis Formation. 相似文献
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Hetu C. Sheth Jyotiranjan S. Ray Ranjini Ray Loÿc Vanderkluysen John J. Mahoney Alok Kumar Anil D. Shukla Partha Das Subhrashis Adhikari Bikashkali Jana 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2009,158(3):357-380
Many tholeiitic dyke-sill intrusions of the Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps continental flood basalt province are exposed in
the Satpura Gondwana Basin around Pachmarhi, central India. We present field, petrographic, major and trace element, and Sr–Nd–Pb
isotope data on these intrusions and identify individual dykes and sills that chemically closely match several stratigraphically
defined formations in the southwestern Deccan (Western Ghats). Some of these formations have also been identified more recently
in the northern and northeastern Deccan. However, the Pachmarhi intrusions are significantly more evolved (lower Mg numbers
and higher TiO2 contents) than many Deccan basalts, with isotopic signatures generally different from those of the chemically similar lava
formations, indicating that most are not feeders to previously characterized flows. They appear to be products of mixing between
Deccan basalt magmas and partial melts of Precambrian Indian amphibolites, as proposed previously for several Deccan basalt
lavas of the lower Western Ghats stratigraphy. Broad chemical and isotopic similarities of several Pachmarhi intrusions to
the northern and northeastern Deccan lavas indicate petrogenetic relationships. Distances these lava flows would have had
to cover, if they originated in the Pachmarhi area, range from 150 to 350 km. The Pachmarhi data enlarge the hitherto known
chemical and isotopic range of the Deccan flood basalt magmas. This study highlights the problems and ambiguities in dyke-sill-flow
correlations even with extensive geochemical fingerprinting. 相似文献
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上扬子地区晚二叠世沉积演化及聚煤 总被引：10，自引：1，他引：9
位于上扬子板块的贵州、滇东、川南地区发育着丰富的晚二叠世煤炭资源,本文对该区晚二叠世地层、沉积环境和古地理进行系统研究,提出该区岩石地层划分对比方案,在沉积环境方面,提出本区三大相区、五种沉积体系和多种沉积相类型。分龙潭早期、龙潭晚期和长兴期。论述了研究区晚二叠世古地理演化。并对聚煤作用控制因素进行分析,认为煤层发育层位受幕式聚煤作用控制,煤层厚度则与下伏沉积物的沉积环境有关,聚煤有利部位为位于海陆交互相区的黔西地区,有利聚煤的沉积体系为三角洲-潮坪体系。 相似文献
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札达盆地为一个藏南晚新生代断陷盆地,基于岩性岩相、古流向和物源分析,认为札达盆地主要经历了裂陷充填期(9.2~7.8 Ma),稳定发展期(7.8~2.6 Ma)和裂后消亡期(2.6~1.7 Ma)。沉积相主要有辫状河相、淡水湖泊相和冲积扇相,以湖相为主;古流向由南西向转变为盆地周缘指向湖盆中心,发展到最后为南东向;物源主要来自北侧的阿伊拉日居山地区,古地势由北东高南西低,经差异抬升变为北西高南东低,沉积中心位于湖盆南缘。至约1.7 Ma之后,贡巴砾岩的出现代表了札达盆地的消亡。札达盆地的演化表明藏南裂陷盆地经历了拉张形成、湖盆最大化而后快速消亡的过程,揭示了藏南在获得最大高度后进一步构造伸展垮塌的演变历程。 相似文献
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历口群是一套沉积-火山岩地层,分布于皖赣交界地区祁门—潜口—歙县断裂带以北,是江南造山带东段新元古代上部浅变质基底。历口群邓家组夹层玄武岩与铺岭组玄武岩具有大陆弧型玄武岩的REE配分模式((La/Yb)N=2.97~4.47)和微量元素模式。邓家组夹层玄武岩与铺岭组玄武岩的里特曼指数分别为0.029~2.203和4.304~6.538,表明两者是同期不同阶段的产物。历口群邓家组、铺岭组、小安里组界面清晰,形成过程连续,应该合并为一个组,仍称为邓家组,铺岭组作为邓家组上段,小安里组作为邓家组顶段。历口群邓家组中段上部夹层玄武岩用LA-ICP-MS法测得的锆石U-Pb年龄为(804.2±7.4)Ma。原位锆石Lu-Hf同位素结果表明玄武岩锆石的初始176Hf/177Hf比值为0.281 837~0.282 076,εHf(t)为-15.9^-7.0,二阶段模式年龄(tDM2)为2.16~2.68 Ga,意味着岩浆源区受到了地壳物质的强烈混染,代表着裂解中期阶段结束,岩浆活动发展至地表。历口群的沉积特征表明,江南造山带东段的新元古代裂谷盆地属于被动型裂谷盆地,俯冲板块的回撤为其主导因素,Rodinia地幔柱活动对大地构造的演化有明显影响,裂解的形成是板块活动与地幔柱活动相互作用的结果。 相似文献
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基底古侵蚀面特征是盆地分析的基本参数之-。本文讨论了鄂尔多斯盆地内榆林地区煤系基底古侵蚀面的地貌特征、富县组的沉积特征及二者的关系。研究表明:基底古侵蚀面在工作区东部为潜谷,西部呈潜山,其形态控制着区内沉积相间的配置关系和地层厚度的变化;而潜山、潜谷在盆地中的配置关系则决定着潜谷中总的沉积面貌。 相似文献
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豫西栾川潭头盆地是一个晚白垩世—古近纪陆相沉积盆地,沉积了一套以红色碎屑岩为主的晚白垩世-古新世地层。本文以孢粉分析为主,综合区内古生物学、岩石学、沉积学等古气候标志,认为研究区高峪沟组下段沉积时期属半干旱的热带气候;上段下部沉积时期为半干旱半湿润的亚热带-热带气候;上段上部沉积时期为半湿润的亚热带气候。大章组底部沉积时期属半湿润的暖温带气候。根据区内古气候特征及化石资料分析认为,研究区K/E界线位于高峪沟组上段的上部与下部之间。 相似文献
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根据层序界面的特点、凝缩段的组成,思茅盆地二叠系可分为2个Ⅱ级层序、9个Ⅲ级层序.在此基础上,探讨了层序格架与油气生储盖的关系可分为2个二级层序界面为一构造侵蚀不整合层序界面,是极好的储集场所.此时西部盆地中沉积物已经变质,与生储盖关系不大;而东部地区以开阔碳酸盐台地为主,低位体系域、海侵体系域和高位体系域以形成储集层为主.第2个二级层序由海侵-高位体系域所构成.海侵体系域由龙潭组下部所组成,在普洱西部崖子以西为深水盆地（含斜坡）环境,以东为浅海环境,邻近东部古陆区为滨海环境.无论盆地或浅海,岩性以深灰-灰黑色泥岩为主,生烃性能极好.高位体系域可以分为早期高位体系域和晚期高位体系域.早期高位体系域由龙潭组上部层位组成,西为浅海相砂岩、火山岩等,可作储层;东为滨海平原,下部以深灰、灰黑色泥岩为主,是很好的生油岩,上部以砂岩为主夹火山岩,可作为储集层.晚期高位体系域西部为长兴组灰岩、白云质灰岩、白云岩,可作为储层之用. 相似文献
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北祁连-河西走廊志留系包括下志留统鹿角沟砾岩和肮脏沟组、中志留统泉脑沟山组和上志留统旱峡组，泥盆系包括中、下泥盆统老君山组和上泥盆统沙流水组。鹿角沟砾岩为水下冲积扇沉积，断续分布于北祁连西段。肮脏沟组在北祁连-河西走廊分布广泛，主要为半深海碎屑复理石沉积。泉脑沟山组和旱峡组分布于北祁连和河西走廊西段，前者以浅海相砂泥岩和泥灰岩为主，后者以滨海潮坪-浅海碎屑岩沉积为主。老君山组分布于古祁连山山前和山间盆地，为粗碎屑磨拉石沉积。沙流水组分布于河西走廊东段，为湖相沉积。区域古地理分析表明，北祁连-河西走廊志留纪-泥盆纪的古地理主要受北祁连加里东-早海西期不规则造山作用控制。鹿角沟砾岩标志着弧-陆碰撞最早发生于早志留世早期。早志留世北祁连-河西走廊由弧后残余盆地向前陆盆地转化。中、晚志留世北祁连东段剧烈造山并与阿拉善古陆的连接，前陆盆地限于北祁连-河西走廊西段。志留纪末期为北祁连的主造山期，泥盆纪形成高峻的古祁连山。早、中泥盆世形成山前和山间盆地的粗碎屑磨拉石沉积。晚泥盆世造山带西段造山作用剧烈，形成剥蚀区。东段造山作用微弱，山地被剥蚀，山前形成湖泊相的晚泥盆世沉积。 相似文献
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The Satpura Gondwana basin hosts a ～5 km thick siliciclastic succession that unconformably overlies the Precambrian basement. The Gondwana sequence in this basin starts from Early Permian (Talchir Formation) to Lower Cretaceous (Jabalpur Formation). The aim of this study is to (1) identify the source rock (provenance) for Early Triassic Pachmarhi sediments in the Satpura Gondwana succession and (2) to understand the relative role of tectonics and climate in determining the sandstone composition. These sandstones are medium to coarse-grained, moderately to moderately well sorted, subangular to subrounded, of moderate sphericity, and composed of several varieties of quartz, feldspar, rock fragments, and micas. Petrographically, the Pachmarhi sandstones are mostly quartzarenite and subarkose. The petrofacies in Qt–F–L and Qm–F–Lt triangular diagrams show that the bulk of the Pachmarhi was derived from continental (cratonic) source, especially from craton interior. Petrofacies, together with paleocurrent data, suggest that Pachmarhi Formation was deposited by a network of braided river system, which flowed dominantly from southeast to northwest. The study suggests that the sediments were mostly derived from Precambrian granites, gneiss, and metasedimentary basement rocks straddling the southern margin of the basin. Paleocurrent data also corroborates this contention. 相似文献
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Integrated biostratigraphic studies are undertaken on the newly discovered Gondwana successions of Purnea Basin which have been recognized in the subsurface below the Neogene Siwalik sediments. The four exploratory wells, so far drilled in Purnea Basin, indicated the presence of thick Gondwana sussession (± 2450m) with varied lithological features. However, precise age of different Gondwanic lithounits of this basin and their correlation with standard Gondwana lithounits is poorly understood due to inadequate biostratigraphic data.Present biostratigraphic studies on the Gondwana successions in the exploratory wells of PRN-A, RSG-A, LHL-A and KRD-A enable recognition of fifteen Gondwanic palynological zones ranging in age from Early Permian (Asselian-Sakmarian) to Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian). Precise age for the Gondwanic palynological zones, recognized in the Purnea Basin and already established in other Indian Gondwana basins, are provided in the milieu of additional palynological data obtained from the Gondwana successions of this basin.The Lower Gondwana (Permian) palynofloras of Purnea Basin recorded from the Karandighi, Salmari, Katihar and Dinajpur formations resemble the palynological assemblages earlier recorded from the Talchir, Karharbari, Barakar and Raniganj formations respectively, and suggests the full development of lower Gondwana succession in this basin. The Upper Gondwana (Triassic) succession of this basin is marked by the Early and Middle to Late Triassic palynofloras that resemble Panchet and Supra-Panchet (Dubrajpur/Maleri Formation) palynological assemblages, and indicates the occurrence of complete Upper Gondwana succession also in the Purnea Basin.The lithological and biostratigraphic attributes of Gondwana sediments from Purnea, Rajmahal and western parts of Bengal Basin (Galsi Basin) are almost similar and provides strong evidences about the existence of a distinct N-S trending Gondwana Graben, referred as the Purnea-Rajmahal-Galsi Gondwana Graben. Newly acquired biostratigraphic data from the Gondwana sediments of CHK-A, MNG-A and PLS-A wells from central part of Bengal Basin and Bouguer anomaly data suggest that these wells fall in a separate NE-SW trending graben of “Chandkuri-Palasi-Bogra Gondwana Graben”. Although, the post-Gondwana latest Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Rajmahal Traps and and intertrappean beds succeed the Upper Gondwana successions in Rajmahal, Galsi and Chandkuri-Palasi Gondwana basins, but not recorded in the drilled wells of Purnea Basin, instead succeeded by the Neogene Siwalik sediments. 相似文献
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甘肃省景泰正路下志留统复理石杂砂岩沉积地球化学特征 总被引：2，自引：3，他引：2
位于北祁连造山带东段甘肃省景泰正路一带的下志留统肮脏沟组为一套巨厚的浊流相陆源碎屑岩,以杂砂岩为主,夹有板岩,属典型的浊流沉积。薄片的镜下观察结果表明,其粒度为0.05~4.00 mm,岩性为细粒-中、粗粒砂岩、含砾砂岩。对5块采集于复理石中的杂砂岩样品进行岩性组合判定和主要元素地球化学分析结果表明,w(SiO2)为61.83%~69.90%,w(K2O)/w(Na2O)为0.89~1.46。利用数据对比及w(K2O)/w(Na2O)—w(SiO2)等判别图的分析结果对其物源区的性质及沉积大地构造背景进行分析和判别的研究结果表明,北祁连造山带东段甘肃省景泰正路一带下志留统肮脏沟组的陆源碎屑主要来源于活动大陆边缘岩浆岛弧源区和造山带源区,反映了卷入造山带的岛弧、活动大陆边缘的弧后盆地的物源背景。沉积地球化学特征揭示的沉积大地构造背景为弧后前陆盆地背景,与碰撞后的大地构造背景相吻合。 相似文献
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The Cenomanian-Turonian deposits exposed in the Ksour Mountains, western part of the Saharan Atlas (Algeria), document marine shelf environments that had been thriving on the North African passive margin, connected northwards to the Tethys Ocean, and fringed southwards by the Saharan craton. Their lithological, palaeontological, and sedimentological characteristics have been investigated to provide new insights into the biostratigraphy, palaeo-environmental evolution and sea-level changes in this western part of the Saharan Atlas. Three formations are recognized, from base to top of the studied succession: 1. The El Rhelida Formation comprising two informal units: the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate unit deposited under different flow regime conditions, from shoreline to backshore environments, and the limestone–claystone unit including coastal mudflat deposits prone to storm events. The early Cenomanian age of the El Rhelida Formation is supported by vertebrate assemblages. 2. The Mdaouer Formation comprising two units: the evaporitic unit dominated by claystone and evaporite alternations deposited on a flat coastal sabkha with occasional storms, and the marlstone–limestone unit formed in a peritidal-lagoonal environment. The Mdaouer Formation is of early-middle Cenomanian age. 3. The Rhoundjaïa Formation comprising three units: the lower limestone unit consisting of relatively homogeneous fossiliferous limestones; the middle marly unit composed of marlstone and bioclastic limestones, and the upper limestone unit consisting of carbonates showing vertical variations in faunal content and stratonomy. The Rhoundjaïa Formation was deposited in homoclinal ramp setting. Ammonite data indicate an early late Cenomanian to early Turonian age for this interval. Within an overall transgressive trend, the Cenomanian-Turonian deposits of the Ksour Mountains record three third-order depositional sequences bounded each by regional discontinuities. 相似文献