Detection of climatic precession variability of black shale in the early Aptian of Cretaceous in Zhangye of Gansu Province and its significance
Xie Qin1,2, Chen Jia-Sheng1,2, Liu Xiao-Jing1,2, Liu Xiu-Ming1,2,3
1 Institute of Geography,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China; 2 Key Laboratory of Humid Sub-tropical Eco-geographical Process of Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China; 3 Department of Environment and Geography,Macquarie University,Sydney NSW2109,Australia
Abstract：The earth experienced profound environmental changes at the mid-Cretaceous when a typical representative of the greenhouse climate occurred. In the mid-Cretaceous,studies have shown that black shale in low-latitude(ca.20°~30°N)marine strata in Europe records presents obliquity signals,continental deposits are prevalent in inland China at the same latitude and during the same period,but there are few studies on the orbital-scale periodicity of continental low-latitude black shales. In this study,CaCO3 content is used as an alternative high-resolution indicator of paleoclimate,and average spectral misfit(ASM)and time scale optimization(TimeOpt)analyses are used to explore the orbital periodicity of the black shale in the Xiagou Formation of the early Aptian of Cretaceous in Nantaizi (palaeoatitude of ca 23°N),Zhangye of Gansu Province, China. The result shows that the climate is dominated by precession and eccentricity cycles,which is significantly different from the result in Europe. The exploration of this climate change not only provides new evidence for the cretaceous orbital-scale climate change in the Northwest China,but also contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the driving mechanism of climate change in the mid-Cretaceous.
Xie Qin,Chen Jia-Sheng,Liu Xiao-Jing et al. Detection of climatic precession variability of black shale in the early Aptian of Cretaceous in Zhangye of Gansu Province and its significance[J]. JOPC, 2022, 24(2): 375-388.
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