贵州及邻区宝塔组灰岩成因的新观察

贵州及邻区的中奥陶世地层主要为一套碳酸盐岩沉积,在这套沉积的上部,相当于Sin-oceras chinensis大量出现到三叶虫Nankinolithos开始出现一段时限内沉积的岩石(宝塔组)发育着一种特殊的构造类型,就其形状描述,不含成因意义的叫法,称为“马蹄纹”,而带有成因及沉积环境意义者称为“龟裂纹”。近年来,这种特殊的沉积构造已引起一些研究者的注意,开始探讨其成因和沉积环境意义,但至今有关宝塔灰岩中马蹄纹(或龟裂纹)的成因问题仍是众说纷云,归纳起来,有以下几种观点:     

闽南、粤东海岸带沉积物的沉积学、岩石学比较研究

本文通过对海岸带海滩砂、沙丘砂、砂丘岩、海滩岩和有关近岸海底砂的沉积学,岩石学的比较研究,分析其形成环境,发现沙丘岩沉积特征和历史沙丘相似;沙丘岩和海滩岩的识别有时不是主要从岩石学而可能从沉积学中去识别。兄弟屿比西海底硬地更可能是生物排出的钙质粘液胶结。     

奥陶系宝塔灰岩网纹构造成因研究进展及新发现

综述了扬子地区分布广泛的奥陶系宝塔灰岩网纹构造成因的研究进展,整合了多位学者的主要观点及认识,结合四川旺苍唐家河等地奥陶系剖面的考察与镜下薄片观察,对网纹构造及其成因进行了深入研究并提出未来研究方向的思考与建议。学界目前普遍认为这种网纹构造并非暴露干裂成因,生物遗迹、海底硬地、准同生变形构造等成因解释也缺乏足够的证据支持,但关于水下胶缩、成岩作用以及构造作用等解释仍在热烈讨论中;对四川广元旺苍唐家河剖面宝塔灰岩的野外考察过程中发现了一些新的现象,比如在灰色宝塔灰岩中观察到了非沥青充填的“黑色细纹”,网纹构造的形态、泥质含量等也随沉积旋回而呈现出规律性变化。进一步研究这些新的现象或许能为后期确定网纹构造的成因提供新的证据。     

米仓山宝塔期碳酸盐岩海底峡谷的发现及其意义

在米仓山元坝子一带,野外调查和室内显微岩石学研究发现宝塔组下部存在一套与正常宝塔组多角形网纹状泥晶灰岩完全不同的紫红色生物碎屑灰岩。紫红色生物碎屑灰岩具有特征的外部形态和内部结构。横向上,它以透镜状形式与多角形网纹状泥晶灰岩呈明显的相变关系,宽为2—2.5km,厚29.3m;纵向上,暴露地表的部分长度达600m。该沉积体以发育多级别的、典型正粒序沉积韵律为特征,构成生物碎屑灰岩的主要为异地搬运来的生物碎屑,它们具有明显的重力流色彩,是一种浊积水道沉积,将其解释为碳酸盐岩海底峡谷。区域调查与沉积学、古生物学研究表明,研究区的海底峡谷发育于晚奥陶世卡拉道克中期,实测古水流方向指向为北西向,这与研究区总体处于浅外陆棚向深边缘海盆地过渡的古地理背景相吻合。宝塔组碳酸盐岩海底峡谷的发现,不仅为扬子地台西北缘奥陶纪古环境恢复提供了沉积学依据,同时也可以预测在研究区向西北方向可能存在海底峡谷—浊积扇沉积体系。     

密集段的地球化学标志

密集段是层序地层学研究的热点之一。本文对塔里木盆地北部一组发育于不同沉积背景上的典型碳酸盐岩层序，在进行详细的层序分析的基础上，初步探讨了密集段的地球化学特征。通过分析发现，密集段由于形成于较特殊的环境条件下，故其微量元素丰度、δ＾１３Ｃ、δ＾１８Ｏ值等与其下的海进体系域和其上的高水位体系域相比，具有明显的差异，且这种差异在不同的密集段中显示出相似的变化特征。这说明密集段的这种地球化学特征是其矛盾     

东海陆坡海底峡谷-扇体系沉积特征及物质搬运

利用多波束和高分辨率地震资料,分析了东海陆坡广泛发育的海底峡谷-扇体系的沉积地层结构,讨论了海底峡谷-扇体系内部主要的沉积物搬运方式、沉积特征和典型沉积环境.结果表明,海底峡谷是上陆坡沉积物质向下搬运的主要通道.海底峡谷段上部以侵蚀作用为主,局部堆积具丘状或透镜状外形的滑塌体或滑坡体;海底扇沉积开始于海底峡谷的出口,地...     

川东南地区龙马溪组底部海相页岩高GR峰沉积成因探讨

上奥陶统五峰组-下志留统龙马溪组是一套黑色富有机质海相页岩,而龙马溪组底部的高伽马（GR）层段为主要产气层段,研究GR峰的沉积成因,对页岩气的勘探开发具有重要意义。利用常规测井和能谱测井、岩芯、岩石薄片、微量元素、矿物成分等资料,对GR峰层段划分五峰组上部页岩A段、五峰组顶部观音桥B段、龙马溪组底部GR峰值C段以及龙马溪组底部次峰D段四个沉积阶段,进而分析了各个阶段的U、TH、K与GR的相关性以及沉积变化特征。研究显示:高GR峰的出现是由于铀元素富集主导的;探讨沉积阶段内多种地质事件引起的沉积环境、有机质、黏土矿物以及含铁、含磷矿物的变化特征及其对铀元素富集的促进作用;高GR峰的出现是一次集合地质事件的地质响应,是由冰期末期的快速海侵、海水分层、陆上火山喷发以及海底岩浆热液等综合因素导致的;根据五峰组顶部观音桥层沉积特征显示,观音桥冰期的成因符合"冰川灾变"和"雪球假说",一定程度上促进了高GR峰的形成。     

由层序地层学角度分析大塘坡式锰矿沉积过程——以湘西北民乐锰矿为例

以湘西北民乐锰矿为例,基于矿区内钻孔信息对成矿期（大塘坡组下段）进行地层对比,由新分层信息及厚度变化分析沉积特征并建立三级、四级层序格架,由三级、四级层序尺度的古地貌变化分析成矿期沉积演变特征。主要认识有:1）民乐锰矿含矿层（大塘坡组下段）可根据岩性细分为下亚段1段（致密块状、密集条带状矿体夹黑色炭质页岩）、下亚段2段（黑色页岩夹薄层锰矿条带）、上亚段（黑色炭质页岩夹黄铁矿）。2）民乐锰矿的三级层序凝缩层体系域可划分为四个四级层序,其中第二、三层序菱锰矿发育较厚,形态以块状和密集条带状为主;第一、四层序菱锰矿发育薄,形态多为条带状。3）民乐锰矿沉积过程可以通过三级层序和四级层序两个研究尺度共同解释,三级层序尺度解释锰矿沉积过程,而四级层序尺度则揭示了多期不同形态、厚度锰矿的沉积过程。     

湖南邵阳地区茅口期晚期重力流沉积的发现及意义*

湖南邵阳市邵阳大道两侧出露的龙潭组下段(中二叠世茅口期晚期)发育一套地质特征典型、沉积序列明显的重力流沉积。重力流沉积以块状砂岩、粉砂岩及泥岩互层为主,砂岩底面发育有重荷模、槽模、工具痕及冲刷充填构造,砂岩内部有块状层理、平行层理、包卷层理及粒序层理,互层的泥岩中见类似于古网迹的痕迹化石。可识别出砂质碎屑流、浊流与滑塌沉积。剖面下部含泥砾块状砂岩发育,剖面中上部以发育薄到中厚层砂岩、粉砂岩与泥岩互层为特点。根据重力流沉积物特征及其垂向序列特征,建立了重力流沉积模式,将海底扇划分出内扇、中扇与外扇。通过与附近的短陂桥矿区的龙潭组下段沉积特征进行对比研究,结合华南地区岩相古地理特征,认为位于华南盆地范围的邵阳地区,在中二叠世茅口期晚期(龙潭组下段)发育的重力流沉积,可能意味着华南盆地在扬子陆块和华夏陆块之间的深大断裂在中二叠世末期曾经发生拉张,形成裂谷盆地。     

湘鄂西奥陶纪宝塔组灰岩网纹构造成因及沉积环境探讨

网纹构造是宝塔组石灰岩地层中非常发育且分布广泛的一种构造形态 ,其成因一直存在争论和疑问。对湘鄂西地区宝塔组灰岩的研究表明 ,网纹构造的形成不是由于胶体凝缩、水下沉积物收缩或生物遗迹等原因 ,而是一种成岩早期形成的准同生变形构造。根据岩石性质及生物特征推断 ,宝塔组网纹状灰岩沉积于正常浪基面以下、风暴浪基面之上 (水深大约 5 0～ 15 0 m)的陆棚或台盆环境     

上扬子地台中奥陶统“龟裂纹”灰岩成因的新解释

本区“龟裂纹”大量发育于碳酸盐台地内的薄-厚层灰岩中,不受沉积环境、岩相和层位的严格控制。其在层面、侧面和底面上均呈不规则多边形。“龟裂纹”是含水的碳酸盐沉积物在构造应力和威岩作用中发生的裂开、脱水收缩,以后又经压溶作用使之改造并复杂化而成,因此“龟裂纹”灰岩是构造-成岩作用的产物。     

The facies properties and depositional environments of nodular limestones and red marly limestones (Ammonitico Rosso) in the Ankara Jurassic sequence, central Turkey

The nodular limestones and red marls of the Ankara region, deposited during the early to middle Jurassic, show similar palaeontological and sedimentological characteristics to those of the red nodular limestones form the Northern Alps (Adnet limestones) and from the Southern Alps (Ammonitico Rosso).
The nodular limestones appear to be hardground breccias drowned into the red marly limestones due to the instability of the bottom. The association of sponge spicules, crinoid fragments, small ostracods, benthic foraminifers, shell debris and common micrite matrix suggests a subtidal environment. The subsequent formation of red marly limestones consists of the partial dissolution of the shells; this suggests that a low sedimentation rate and/or sedimentological breaks took place during the precipitation of the ammonite-bearing marls.
The nodular limestones (hardground breccias) and the Ammonitico Rosso-type facies of the Ankara Jurassic succession were formed in a deeper subtidal environment and/or deeper shelf extending into the basin. The hardground layers drowned into the Ammonitico rosso were likely formed on a local carbonate shelf, that deepened increasingly through the early to middle Jurassic. Development of a local submarine clastic fan within the carbonate succession of the Ankara Jurassic basin indicates an irregular bottom topography induced by the syn-sedimentary faults.     

Sedimentation rates, basin analysis and regional correlations of three Neoarchaean and Palaeoproterozoic sub-basins of the Kaapvaal craton as inferred from precise U–Pb zircon ages from volcaniclastic sediments

Calculation of sedimentation rates of Neoarchaean and Palaeoproterozoic siliciclastic and chemical sediments covering the Kaapvaal craton imply sedimentation rates comparable to their modern facies equivalents. Zircons from tuff beds in carbonate facies of the Campbellrand Subgroup in the Ghaap Plateau region of the Griqualand West basin, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa were dated using the Perth Consortium Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe II (SHRIMP II). Dates of Ma and Ma for the middle and the upper part of the Nauga Formation indicate that the decompacted sedimentation rate for the peritidal flat to subtidal below-wave-base Stratifera and clastic carbonate facies, southwest of the Ghaap Plateau at Prieska, was of up to 10 m/Ma, when not corrected for times of erosion and non-deposition. Dates of Ma for the upper Gamohaan Formation and for the upper Monteville Formation, indicate that some 2000 m of carbonate and subordinate shale sedimentation occurred during 16 Ma to 62 Ma on the Ghaap Plateau. For these predominantly peritidal stromatolitic carbonates, decompacted sedimentation rates were of 40 m/Ma to over 150 m/Ma (Bubnoff units). The mixed siliciclastic and carbonate shelf facies of the Schmidtsdrif Subgroup and Monteville Formation accumulated with decompacted sedimentation rates of around 20 B. For the Kuruman Banded Iron Formation a decompacted sedimentation rate of up to 60 B can be calculated. Thus, for the entire examined deep shelf to tidal facies range, Archaean and Phanerozoic chemical and clastic sedimentation rates are comparable. Four major transgressive phases over the Kaapvaal craton, followed by shallowing-upward sedimentation, can be recognized in the Prieska and Ghaap Plateau sub-basins, in Griqualand West, and partly also in the Transvaal basin, and are attributed to second-order cycles of crustal evolution. First-order cycles of duration longer than 50 Ma can also be identified. The calculated sedimentation rates reflect the rate of subsidence of a rift-related basin and can be ascribed to tectonic and thermal subsidence. Comparison of the calculated sedimentation rates to published data from other Archaean and Proterozoic basins allows discussion of general Precambrian basin development. Siliciclastic and carbonate sedimentation rates of Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic basins equivalent to those of younger systems suggest that similar mechanical, chemical and biological processes were active in the Precambrian as found for the Phanerozoic. Particularly for stromatolitic carbonates, matching modern and Neoarchaean sedimentation rates are interpreted as a strong hint of a similar evolutionary stage of stromatolite-building microbiota. The new data also allow for improved regional correlations across the Griqualand West basin and with the Malmani Subgroup carbonates in the Transvaal basin. The Nauga Formation carbonates in the southwest of the Griqualand West basin are significantly older than the Gamohaan Formation in the Ghaap Plateau region of this basin, but are in part, correlatives of the Oaktree Formation in the Transvaal and of parts of the Monteville Formation on the Ghaap Plateau.     

Implications of the Precambrian Non-stromatolitic Carbonate Succession Making up the Third Member of Mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation in Yanshan Area of North China

A particular non-stromatolitic carbonate succession making up the third member of the Mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang (高于庄) Formation might demonstrate that a stromatolite decline of the Mesoproterozoic occurring at ca. 1 450 Ma besides other three events of the Proterozoic,respectively,occurred at ca. 2 000 Ma,ca. 1 000 Ma,and ca. 675 Ma. The forming duration of this non-stromatolitic carbonate succession can be generally correlative to that of a similar depositional succession in North America,i.e. a non-stromatolitic carbonate succession made up by the Helena Formation of the Belt Supergroup,which suggests that the stromatolite decline occurring at ca. 1 450 Ma may be a global event. This information endows the non-stromatolitic carbonate succession making up the third member of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation in the Yanshan (燕山) area with important significance for the further understanding of Precambrian sedimentology. The Mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation in Yanshan area is a set of more than 1 000 m thick carbonate strata that can be divided into four members (or subformations). The first member (or the Guandi (官地) subformation) is marked by a set of stromatolitic dolomites overlying a set of transgressive sandstones; the second member (or the Sangshu'an (桑树鞍) subformation) is a set of manganese dolomites with a few stromatolites; the third member (or the Zhangjiayu (张家峪) subformation) is chiefly made up of leiolite and laminite limestones and is characterized by the development of molar-tooth structures in leiolite limestone; the fourth member (or the Huanxiusi (环秀寺) subformation) is composed of a set of dolomites of stromatolitic reefs or lithoherms. Sequence-stratigraphic divisions at two sections,i.e. the Jixian (蓟县) Section in Tianjin (天津) and the Qiangou (千沟) Section of Yanqing (延庆) County in Beijing (北京),demonstrate that a particularly non-stromatolitic succession making up the third member of the Mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation is developed in the Yanshan area of North China,in which lots of grotesque matground structures (wrinkle structures and palimpsest ripples) are developed in beds of leiolite limestone at the Qiangou Section and lots of molar-tooth structures are developed in beds of leiolite limestone at the Jixian Section. The time scale of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation is deduced as 200 Ma (from 1 600 Ma to 1 400 Ma). The duration of an obvious hiatus between the Gaoyuzhuang Formation and the underlying Dahongyu (大红峪) Formation is deduced as 50 Ma to 100 Ma,thus the forming duration of the GaoyuzhuangFormation is thought as 100 Ma (1 500 Ma to 1 400 Ma). Furthermore,the age of the subface of the third member of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation that is just in the mid position of the Gaoyuzhuang Formation can be deduced as about 1 450 Ma,which is the basis to infer a stromatolite decline of the Mesoproterozoic occurring at ca. 1 450 Ma. Importantly,several features of both the molar-tooth structure and the stromatolite,such as the particular forming environment,the important facies-indicative meaning,and the episodic distribution in the earth history,might express the evolutionary periodicity of the surface environment of the earth and can provide meaningful clues for the understanding of the Precambrian world,although their origin and forming mechanism is highly contentious. Therefore,like other three stromatolitic declines,respectively,occurring at ca. 675 Ma,ca. 1 000 Ma,and ca. 2 000 Ma,the identification of the stromatolite decline occurring at ca. 1 450 Ma during the Golden Age of stromatolites (2 800 Ma to 1 000 Ma) has important meaning for the further understanding of the evolving carbonate world of the Precambrian.     

加里东期上扬子区前陆盆地演化过程中的层序特征与地层划分

层序地层的主控因素包括全球海平面变化、构造沉降、气候、物源供给等方面 ,在不同性质的盆地内它们所起的作用大小不一 ,在前陆盆地中以构造沉降控制为主。上扬子区在加里东运动过程中形成前陆盆地 ,主要经历了三次挤压、挠曲沉降至松驰、抬升过程。一是中奥陶世至晚奥陶世临湘期 ,二是晚奥陶世五峰期至早志留世龙马溪期 ,三是早志留世石牛栏期至中志留世。在盆地演化过程中 ,由于前陆隆起露出水面 ,使物源供给方向和性质改变 ,造成隆后盆地沉积环境由开放变为半闭塞 ,由碳酸盐岩转变为碎屑岩沉积。以此重大的转换为界 ,将上扬子区的中奥陶统至中志留统划分为 2个二级层序 ,奥陶系—志留系界线放在第二个二级层序的最大海泛面之顶 ,也就是观音桥组的顶 ,此结果与岩石地层清理成果相一致。以海平面相对变化和沉积物的转变进一步划分成 4个三级层序 ,又根据三级层序的体系域的演化相应地划分出岩性组。因此将临湘组与宝塔组归并成宝塔组 ,体现了海水逐渐变浅、向上加积的过程 ,且它们间为一渐变过渡 ,在碳酸盐浅滩和盆地边缘之处 ,两者划分不开 ,为了便于填图与对比 ,将其划归在一起。由于观音桥组分布不稳定 ,五峰组与龙马溪组下部岩性相似 ,为了油气的评价和填图的可操作性 ,将五峰组、观音桥组、龙马?     

北京延庆千沟中元古代高于庄组第三段:一个典型的前寒武纪非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列

在前寒武纪碳酸盐岩中,最为普遍的是叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列,而以潮下相沉积为主的非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列与前者形成了较大的差异;因此,与叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列一样,非叠层石序列成为了解前寒武纪复杂多变的碳酸盐世界的重要线索。燕山地区中元古代高于庄组为一套厚度千余米的碳酸盐沉积序列,包括四大部分:第一段（或称为官地亚组）为发育在海侵砂岩上的叠层石白云岩地层;第二段（或称为桑树鞍亚组）为发育少量叠层石的含锰白云岩地层;第三段又称为张家峪亚组,为一套以发育灰岩为主的非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列;第四段以叠层石岩礁和叠层石礁白云岩为特征。延庆千沟剖面的高于庄组第三段的非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列,贫乏叠层石是其基本特点,包含3个三级层序,在三级层序的海侵体系域和早期高水位体系域中,层面上发育席底构造的中层均一石灰岩（隐藻泥晶灰岩）和灰黑色薄层泥灰岩组成若干潮下型米级旋回,晚期高水位体系域则以厚层块状纹理石灰质白云岩和白云质灰岩为特征;三级层序的凝缩段单元则以薄层泥灰岩和泥页岩构成的L-M型米级旋回为特征。因此,每一个三级层序均以一个有序的沉积相序列为特征。高于庄组的分布时限大致为200 Ma（1 600～1 400 Ma）,考虑到下伏的大红峪组和高于庄组之间的地层间断时限大致为50 Ma至100 Ma,所以推断高于庄组的堆积作用时限为100 Ma（1 500～1 400 Ma）左右,其中高于庄组第一段与第二段的分界线正好处于该组的中部而可以推断该界线的大致为1 450 Ma左右;因此,高于庄组第三段非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列的发育表明,在1 450 Ma左右可能发生过一次可以与前寒武纪其他已经被识别出的三次叠层石衰减事件（2 000 Ma、1 000 Ma和675 Ma）相比拟的又一次叠层石衰减事件。延庆千沟剖面高于庄组第三段的非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列,可以大致与北美地区的起始时限为1 450 Ma左右、Belt超群中的Helena组非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列相对比,表明了1 450 Ma左右的叠层石衰减事件具有全球性,从而赋予高于庄组第三段非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列重要的沉积学意义。延庆千沟剖面高于庄组第三段非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列,特别的岩石类型和沉积构造,成为前寒武纪碳酸盐岩沉积中非叠层石碳酸盐岩沉积序列的典型代表,由其所代表的沉积学特点将有助于深入理解漫长的前寒武纪碳酸盐沉积作用的变化规律而具有重要意义。     

秦皇岛石门寨亮甲山奥陶系剖面化学地层和旋回地层研究

根据秦皇岛石门寨亮甲山奥陶系剖面的化学地层和岩石地层特征,将亮甲山组(O1l)细分为下、中、上段。选取Fe/Ca、Ti/Ca作为古气候替代指标,开展时间序列分析。通过多窗谱法(MTM)和傅里叶变换法(FT),从Fe/Ca、Ti/Ca比值中共提取出两个明显的米兰科维奇旋回：长偏心率405 ka和短偏心率90 ka。基于长偏心率周期建立的天文年代标尺表明,亮甲山组沉积时长为6.2 Ma,平均沉积速率为14.68 m/Ma,其中亮甲山组下段(0.00~48.00 m)和中上段(48.00~91.00 m)的沉积速率分别为12.00 m/Ma和19.55 m/Ma;马家沟组下部的沉积速率为18.00 m/Ma。奥陶纪生物大辐射可能直接导致碳酸盐生产模式由以灰泥生产为主转变为以生物碎屑生产为主,并使亮甲山组下段与中上段之交碳酸盐沉积速率大幅增加。旋回地层分析显示,早、中奥陶世之交天文轨道周期变化引起的地球气候改变可能对奥陶纪生物大辐射有重要的调控作用。     

奥陶系宝塔组灰岩的环境相、生态相与成岩相

晚奥陶世宝塔组灰岩在上、中、下扬子碳酸盐沉积区分布极为广泛，因其层面上注记着不规则状、类似鸡冠花的形态特征，因而素以加引号的“龟裂纹灰岩”称之，以此代表宝塔组灰岩特有的沉积构造，以致于两者为同一词。宝塔组灰岩是地质历史中仅有的、唯一的在层面上具有特殊网纹的形态组构，其他时代的灰岩均无此特点，因而它是地质历史中的“时髦相”。形成这一组构可能有三个因素：一是盆地的沉积－构造背景，华南晚奥陶世为前陆盆地，前隆的结果使建筑在克拉通上的碳酸盐大平台构造掀斜，成为浅海中的深水盆地，为低能、慢速沉积的灰泥岩、泥灰岩提供了宽大而平坦的构造－沉积环境空间；二是深水环境中的生态和生物遗迹，由游泳型角石和与之能抗衡的大型软体生物在软底上和沉积物内留下活动的印迹；三是灰泥和泥质物成岩压实作用，叠加在印痕上，因此，宝塔组灰岩“龟裂纹”组构的形成是构造－沉积环境相、生态相和成岩相的产物。     

鄂尔多斯盆地中部二叠系山西组和下石盒子组构造沉降定量恢复及沉积响应

本文利用回剥技术,定量恢复鄂尔多斯盆地中部二叠系山西组和下石盒子组的构造沉降量,并探讨其沉积响应特征。结果表明,山西组的构造沉降量为30~95m,具有中部构造沉降大、向南北两侧减小的趋势,北部构造沉降较南部的大。主沉降中心位于研究区中部,次级沉降中心位于西北部,构造沉降速率为(6~20m)/Ma,具有与构造沉降量一致的分布特征;下石盒子组的构造沉降量为75~110m,总体继承了山西组的沉降中心。但中部的沉降中心向东迁移,范围也有所扩大,构造沉降速率为(9~14.5m)/Ma,其分布特征与构造沉降量一致。在研究区南、北和中部差异构造沉降的背景下,主要发育河流、三角洲和滨浅湖相沉积类型,北部的河流-三角洲沉积体系规模比南部的大,湖盆范围对应着中部的构造沉降中心。研究结果不仅深化了该地区构造沉降方面的认识,还为该时期沉积特征研究提供了重要手段。