Sedimentary evolution of the Middle Permian carbonate platform margin in southern Guizhou and its palaeo-oceanographic implications
Meng Qi1,2, Huang Heng1,3, Yan Jia-Xin1,2, Chen Fa-Yao1,2
1 School of Earth Science,China University of Geosciences(Wuhan),Wuhan 430074,Hubei; 2 State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology,China University of Geosciences(Wuhan),Wuhan 430074,Hubei; 3 Geology Team No.4 of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomic Region,Nanning 530031,Guangxi;
Abstract South China,part of Eastern Tethys,developed a huge carbonate platform in the Permian. During the Maokouin Subepoch of the Middle Permian,the carbonate platform experienced a transition from its prosperity to shrink. The southern Guizhou was located at the southern margin of the carbonate platform. It is a good area for discussing the controlling factors of platform evolution by analysis of stratigraphic structure and its variation. In this study,we selected the typical Nashui and Moyang sections of Luodian,southern Guizhou and studied on their carbonate factory by analyzing rock types and skeletal association statistics. As a result,15 rock types,5 sedimentary facies and 6 skeletal associations are recognized by field and indoor research. The carbonate factory features of the skeletal associations were also rebuilt. The results show that a distinct transition from tropical,shallow and warm water factory to tropical,deep and cool water factory occurred starting from the late Kuhfengian in the southern Guizhou,manifested as the beginning occurrence of deep water sediments in the upper Kuhfengian Stage. This transition was widespread from the Kuhfengian to the early Lengwuan in South China,manifested as the shrink of the carbonate platform and the drowning of the platform margin. The late Kuhfengian of the Middle Permian to the Wuchiapingian of the Late Permian was a significant turning point of global geological history where the photosynthetic organisms suffered heavy losses and the marine ecological environment deteriorated sharply. The drastic change of the carbonate factory was related to the inhibition or destruction of the shallow tropical carbonate factory.
Fund:Financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41472087)
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Yan Jia-Xin,born in 1962,is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor of China University of Geosciences(Wuhan). He is mainly engaged in research of sedimentology. E-mail: jaxy2008@163.com.
About author: Meng Qi,born in 1993,is a master candidate of paleontology and stratigraphy in China University of Geosciences(Wuhan). He is mainly engaged in research of carbonate sedimentology. E-mail: mengqi@cug.edu.cn.
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Meng Qi,Huang Heng,Yan Jia-Xin et al. Sedimentary evolution of the Middle Permian carbonate platform margin in southern Guizhou and its palaeo-oceanographic implications[J]. JOPC, 2018, 20(1): 87-103.
Meng Qi,Huang Heng,Yan Jia-Xin et al. Sedimentary evolution of the Middle Permian carbonate platform margin in southern Guizhou and its palaeo-oceanographic implications[J]. JOPC, 2018, 20(1): 87-103.
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