| The Marine Cretaceous in the Western Part of the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang and Its Depositional Environments |
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| 摘 要： | The western part of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang is one of the main areas in China where the marineCretaceous is well developed. The Upper Cretaceous Yingjisha Group represented mainly by sediments of lit-toral, near-shore neritic and estuarine facies is divided in ascending order into the Kukebai Formation, theOytak Formation, the Ygezya Formation and the Tuylouk Formation. For about thirty years, the basal beds of the Kukebai Formation had been considered to be the lowermostmarine horizon of the Cretaceous in the western part of the Tarim Basin, which represents the earliest trans-gression of the Cretaceous Sea into this region. Recently. marine trace fossils, Ophiomorpha nodosa, O.tuberosa and Thalassinoides? spp. were found in abundance and fine preservation from the upper subcycle andupper part of the lower subcycle of the Kezlesu Group underlying the Kukebai Formation. The fact indicatesthat the marine transgression there took place earlier than the Kukebaian. Process of transgression and regression and change of environment in the West Tarim Basin during the pe-riod from the late Early Cretaceous to the end of the Cretaceous is also discussed in this paper.
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The Marine Cretaceous in the Western Part of the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang and Its Depositional Environments |
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| Authors: | Hao Yichun Zeng Xuelu Guo Xianpu |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The western part of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang is one of the main areas in China where the marine Cretaceous is well developed. The Upper Cretaceous Yingjisha Group represented mainly by sediments of littoral, near-shore neritic and estuarine facies is divided in ascending order into the Kukebai Formation, the Oytak Formation, the Ygezya Formation and the Tuylouk Formation. For about thirty years, the basal beds of the Kukebai Formation had been considered to be the lowermost marine horizon of the Cretaceous in the western part of the Tarim Basin, which represents the earliest transgression of the Cretaceous Sea into this region. Recently, marine trace fossils, Ophiomorpha nodosa, O. tuberosa and Thalassinoides? spp. were found in abundance and fine preservation from the upper subcycle and upper part of the lower subcycle of the Kezlesu Group underlying the Kukebai Formation. The fact indicates that the marine transgression there took place earlier than the Kukebaian. Process of transgression and regression and change of environment in the West Tarim Basin during the period from the late Early Cretaceous to the end of the Cretaceous is also discussed in this paper. |
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