WANG Yu1, HE Dengfa2, LIU Songnan1, ZHOU Liyun1, GAO Shanlin3
1 Institute of Earth Sciences,China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083,China; 2 School of Energy Resources,China University of Geosciences(Beijing),Beijing 100083,China; 3 Petroleum Exploration and Production Branch of SINOPEC,Beijing 100728,China;
Abstract The palaeogeography is to study and understand the earth-surface environment in the geological histories,and it is a product of tectonics-environment(climate)-sedimentation interaction and reaction. The traditional palaeogeography and related tectono-palaeogeography,biopalaeogeography and other subjects have given great contributions to the tectonic evolution,continental reconstruction as well oil-gas exploration and development. More and more works start to focus on the interaction of multiple-layers of the earth,especially the paleo-climate,paleo-environment studies,it's necessary to integrate the earth-surface environment and the tectonic background to reveal the influence of the deep and shallow layers geologic processes on the palaeogeographic framework formation and evolution. We propose a new concept and subject—chrono-palaeogeography to explore the earth surface process and evolution in the geological history. This subject is in a precise isotopic chronological framework to study how the different dynamics-kinematic-material transferring-environment changes shaped the palaeogeography,or how the palaeogeographic framework responded to the interactions or couplings of the materials-tectonics stress-environment(climate). Better than other subjects of the palaeogeography,this subject is for studying and understanding the earth-surface process,but not the environmental state,or the active process to form the earth-surface environment. We emphasize the multiple kinetic factors in a same time,the variation in different spaces,and the diachronous at various scales. In addition,we introduce a few case studies of high precise time constrained palaeogeographic work,such as those studies on the Chinese Taiwan,Yangtze and North China cratons,to show how chrono-palaeogeography improve reconstruction of the continent,tectonic evolution,as well oil-gas exploration.
Fund:Co-funded by the Project of Tackling the Science and Technology Key Problems in PetroChina Changqing Oil and Gas Field Company(No. ZDZX2021-01)and Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41430316)
About author: WANG Yu, born in 1966,graduated from Northwest University in 1988. He is a professor in China University of Geosciences(Beijing),studying and teaching on tectonochronology,intracontinental tectonics and their mechanism and tectonics. E-mail: wangy@cugb.edu.cn.
Cite this article:
WANG Yu,HE Dengfa,LIU Songnan et al. Chrono-palaeogeography: theory and practice[J]. JOPC, 2022, 24(5): 908-919.
WANG Yu,HE Dengfa,LIU Songnan et al. Chrono-palaeogeography: theory and practice[J]. JOPC, 2022, 24(5): 908-919.
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