Sedimentary characteristics and its environmental significance of salt-bearing strata of the Member 4 of Paleocene Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression, Jianghan Basin
Wang Chunlian1, Liu Chenglin1, Hu Haibing2, Mao Jinsong2, Shen Lijian3, Zhao Haitong3
1 Institute of Mineral Resources，Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences，Beijing 100037 2 Xiangtan Salt Mine，Lixian 415400，Hunan 3 School of Earth Sciences and Resources，China University of Geosciences(Beijing)，Beijing 100083
Abstract Based on drilling core and experimental analyses，the authors studied the sedimentary characteristics of salt-bearing strata of the Member 4 of Paleocene Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression of Jianghan Basin.The sedimentation of salt lake is characterized by multi-period，continuous and periodically alternating of fresh and salt water.Therefore，it has become the important research focus to study palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment.The salt-bearing strata of the Member 4 of Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression is composed of non-sandstone，mainly peperite of evaporate mineral，carbonate mineral，terrigenous clay and fine detrital mineral.The layer thickness can be a few millimeter to a few dozen centimeters.The accumulated bed thickness is up to a few dozen centimeters to a few meters.Through comparison analysis of Fe，Mn，Al，Ca，Mg，Co，Ni，V，Cu content and Sr/Ba，Mg/Ca，V/(V+Ni)，Ni/Co，Cu/Zn ratio，the sedimentary characteristics and sedimentary environment of salt-bearing strata are studied systematically.It shows that the lake environment in the Yanjian Member of Shashi Formation is perennial relative deep delamination salt lake，which can be classified as brackish-water lake，semi-salt-water lake，salt-water lake and brine lake.The lake depth becomes shallow from downward to upward.Primary glauberite，typically warm facies saline minerals，is widely developed in this formation.The Fe2O3/FeO ratio represents drought climate.This feature reveals that the Paleocene Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression of Jianghan Basin is characterized by a drought and warm palaeoclimate.
About author: Wang Chunlian，born in 1983，is a candidate for Ph.D.degree，and is mainly engaged in researches of sedimentology and economic geology. About the corresponding author Liu Chenglin, born in 1963, is a researcher at Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, and is engaged in study of sedementary deposits.
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Wang Chunlian,Liu Chenglin,Hu Haibing et al. Sedimentary characteristics and its environmental significance of salt-bearing strata of the Member 4 of Paleocene Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression, Jianghan Basin[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, 2012, 14(2): 165-175.
Wang Chunlian,Liu Chenglin,Hu Haibing et al. Sedimentary characteristics and its environmental significance of salt-bearing strata of the Member 4 of Paleocene Shashi Formation in southern margin of Jiangling Depression, Jianghan Basin[J]. JOPC, 2012, 14(2): 165-175.
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