Long-distance correlation between tectonic-controlled, isolated carbonate platforms by cyclostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the Devonian of South China

During the early Middle Devonian in South China, an extensive carbonate platform was broken up through extension to create a complex pattern of platforms, and interplatform basins. In Givetian and Frasnian carbonate successions, five depositional facies, including peritidal, restricted shallow subtidal, semi‐restricted subtidal, intermediate subtidal and deep subtidal facies, and 18 lithofacies units are recognized from measured sections on three isolated platforms. These deposits are arranged into metre‐scale, upward‐shallowing peritidal and subtidal cycles. Nine third‐order sequences are identified from changes in cycle stacking patterns, vertical facies changes and the stratigraphic distribution of subaerial exposure indicators. These sequences mostly consist of a lower transgressive part and an upper regressive part. Transgressive packages are dominated by thicker‐than‐average subtidal cycles, and regressive packages by thinner‐than‐average peritidal cycles. Sequence boundaries are transitional zones composed of stacked, high‐frequency, thinner‐than‐average cycles with upward‐increasing intensity of subaerial exposure, rather than individual, laterally traceable surfaces. These sequences can be further grouped into catch‐up and keep‐up sequence sets from the long‐term (second‐order) changes in accommodation and vertical facies changes. Catch‐up sequences are characterized by relatively thick cycle packages with a high percentage of intermediate to shallow subtidal facies, and even deep subtidal facies locally within some individual sequences, recording long‐term accommodation gain. Keep‐up sequences are characterized by relatively thin cycle packages with a high percentage of peritidal facies within sequences, recording long‐term accommodation loss. Correlation of long‐term accommodation changes expressed by Fischer plots reveals that during the late Givetian to early Frasnian increased accommodation loss on platforms coincided with increased accommodation gain in interplatform basins. This suggests that movement on faults resulted in the relative uplift of platforms and subsidence of interplatform basins. In the early Frasnian, extensive siliceous deposits in most interplatform basins and megabreccias at basin margins correspond to exposure disconformities on platforms.     

Sea-level Eustatic Cycles and Potash Formation Event:A Case Study of Triassic Sichuan Basin

正Identification of the favorable salt-and potash-forming layer,we still mainly rely on logging interpretation and coring verification.However,we both know that the continuously carbonate platform is cyclical growing.It has recorded valuable information about the phase transition of carbonate rocks,which were synchronized with the relative sea-level cycles.This paper presents a fast and     

Groundwater circulation in the allochthonous limestone units between Lake Girdev and Kazanpınarı Spring, Antalya, southwestern Turkey

 The aim of the study is to investigate the interaction between waters of Lake Girdev and groundwater in the allochthonous limestone units exposed in the area between Lake Girdev and Kazanpınarı Spring, southwestern Turkey. The features analyzed include the flow direction and apparent groundwater velocity, their relationship with Lake Girdev, and the effect of lithological and structural features on the groundwater circulation. The results of a fluorescein tracer test indicate that groundwater flows east-northeast and the apparent flow velocity ranges from 26.2 to 35.6 m h^–1 between the injection site and various observation points. Tritium data suggest that the water of Lake Girdev and groundwater are probably similar in age, and oxygen-18 isotope data indicate that water derived from Lake Girdev is the main source of recharge to the aquifer. The aquifer is fed not only by Lake Girdev but also by rainfall percolating through allochthonous limestones; together, these provide the discharge of springs in Elmalı Polje. The permeability of the allochthonous limestone aquifer has been enhanced as a result of jointing and faulting. Received, June 1997 / Revised, June 1998, March 1999 / Accepted, July 1999     

Characterisation of carbonate minerals from hyperspectral TIR scanning using features at 14 000 and 11 300 nm

Rapid characterisation of carbonate phases in hyperspectral reflectance spectra acquired from drill core material has important implications for mineral exploration and resource modelling. Major infrared active features of carbonates lie in the thermal region around 6500 nm, 11 300 nm and 14 000 nm, with the latter two features being most useful for differentiating mineral species. A scatter diagram of the wavelength of the 14 000 nm feature vs that of the 11 300 nm feature, powerfully differentiates carbonates. Although the wavelength of the 11 300 nm peak is easily measured, the 14 000 nm trough and peak are commonly weak and their wavelengths can confidently be used only after filtering the spectra, e.g. selecting only those with the trough and peak separated by 175–230 nm, typical of common carbonates. The method is demonstrated with drillhole 120R from the Rosebery polymetallic VHMS deposit in western Tasmania, which has been scanned with the HyLogger-3 system. A 14 000–11 300 plot shows a high degree of clustering of the drillhole 120R data close to the library spectra of calcite, dolomite, Fe-dolomite, ankerite, kutnohorite, rhodochrosite, Fe-rhodochrosite and siderite. The interpreted compositions of the carbonate spectral populations strongly correlate with the chemical populations of 144 analysed carbonates and provide a highly resolved spatial framework for interpreting carbonate alteration.     

四川盆地西北缘早-中三叠世界线附近沉积岩地球化学特征及古环境意义

通过分析四川盆地峨眉山地区嘉陵江组-雷口坡组沉积岩元素地球化学及碳、氧同位素特征,探讨了其古环境意义,为四川盆地西北缘早-中三叠世古环境研究提供基础信息。结果表明：样品∑(CaO+MgO+LOI)为13.98%～93.31%,反映了相对动荡的沉积环境。δ¹³C值的变化范围是-6.95‰～0.36‰,δ¹⁸O值变化范围为-9.06‰～-0.99‰,δ¹³C值总体表现趋势为降低-升高-降低-升高。海水盐度呈现先升高、后降低、复又升高的多段式变化;海水温度7.11～34.94℃,平均温度21.99℃,古海水温度经历了降低-升高-降低的变化趋势,在早-中三叠世界线附近温度急剧升高。研究区整体处于氧化的沉积环境,间有贫氧的沉积环境出现。以上各个地球化学指标间耦合关系较好,一致反映了研究区早-中三叠世为相对潮湿-相对干热-相对潮湿气候下的海相沉积环境。     

喀斯特小流域地表水碳酸盐系统化学平衡对酸性矿山废水的缓冲作用

Revelle因子不仅能反映弱碱性水体对吸收大气CO2的缓冲能力,还能体现水体酸化过程中CO2去气对H+的缓冲作用。本研究通过对多个缓冲因子的分析,探讨喀斯特中高硫煤矿区地表水碳酸盐系统对酸性矿山废水的缓冲作用,有助于进一步理解喀斯特地区流域水体中DIC循环过程和CO2源汇关系特征。结果表明,地表水碳酸盐系统内车田河流域Revelle因子变化区间在1.00~51.96之间,能有效揭示地表水碳酸盐系统内CO2去气对H+的缓冲过程,其敏感区间为pH=7.0~8.38的弱碱性水体。γDIC、βDIC、ωDIC、γAlk、βAlk、ωAlk等缓冲因子是基于pH和DIC浓度的二元方程。这些因子进一步细化了CO2(aq)、H+和${\rm{CO}}_3^{2-}$等组分对DIC浓度和碱度的相对变化关系。在pH＞7.0的DIC碳酸盐体系内,6个缓冲因子对水体酸化过程中碳酸盐组分的动态转化具有很好的响应。当pH＜7.0以后,水−气界面和水−岩界面的碳传输过程增强,当CO2去气过程占主导,则缓冲因子绝对值变大;当H+对碳酸盐岩溶蚀过程占主导,则缓冲因子绝对值变小。     

基于地质统计学反演的碳酸盐岩孔缝洞预测研究

提出一种基于地质统计反演的碳酸盐岩孔缝洞预测方法:首先,根据碳酸盐岩矿物成分,利用电阻率曲线和三孔隙度曲线计算单井裂缝孔隙度和次生孔隙度;然后,利用地质统计反演分别预测裂缝以及溶孔溶洞的平面分布特征;最后,通过综合分析得到碳酸岩储层的孔缝洞发育区带。将该方法应用于研究区碳酸盐岩储层的孔缝洞预测中,得到的孔缝洞分布特征与已知的白云岩分布特征较为吻合,验证了该方法的有效性。     

Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Facies Analysis of the Oligocene–Miocene Asmari Formation in the Western Fars Sub-basin, Zagros Mountains, Iran

The Oligocene–Miocene carbonate record of the Zagros Mountains, known as the Asmari Formation, constitutes an important hydrocarbon reservoir in southern Iran. This marine carbonate succession, which developed under tropical conditions, is explored in terms of larger foraminiferal biostratigraphy, facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy in a new section at Papoon cropping out in the western Fars sub-basin, in the south-east of the Zagros belt. Facies analysis shows evidence of re-working and transport of skeletal components throughout the depositional system, interpreted here as a carbonate ramp. The foraminifera-based biozones identified include the Globigerina–Turborotalia cerroazulensis–Hantkenina Zone and Nummulites vascus–Nummulites fichteli Zone, both of Rupelian age, the Archaias asmaricus–Archaias hensoni–Miogypsinoides complanatus Zone of Chattian age and the ‘Indeterminate’ Zone of Aquitanian age. The vertical sedimentary evolution of the formation exhibits a progressive shallowing of the facies belts and thus the succession is interpreted as a high-rank low-order regressive systems tract. This long-lasting Rupelian–Aquitanian regressive event is in accordance with accepted global long-term eustatic curves. Accordingly, long-term eustatic trends would have been a factor controlling accommodation during the deposition of the Asmari Formation studied in the western Fars sub-basin.     

Geomorphology of carbonate platform‐marginal uppermost slopes: Insights from a Holocene analogue,Little Bahama Bank,Bahamas

As the product of a variety of sediment sources and sedimentation (and re‐sedimentation) and erosion processes, the geomorphology and sedimentology of carbonate slopes are highly variable. The purpose of this study is to describe sub‐bottom profiles and side‐scan sonar, multibeam and optical data acquired by an autonomous underwater vehicle to explore variability in geomorphological and sedimentological character of the present‐day platform‐marginal, uppermost slope environments (< 240 m water depth) on the north, open‐ocean facing flank of Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. Although at time scales of greater than 100 ka this margin is progradational, the data illustrate a complex juxtaposition of erosional and depositional processes and features. Erosion is evidenced by two prominent escarpments (70 m and 120 m) that expose eroded, bedded rocky outcrops. These escarpments are interpreted to represent relict features, related to past sea‐level positions, although they still may be shedding debris. Aside from erosional remnants, sedimentation and active transport is indicated by several features, including active bedforms (especially above the 70 m escarpment, but ripples occur to depths of ca 200 m), several mass transport complexes that overlie and cover the lower escarpment, gravity flow deposits and rare slump features. Similarly, a thick (up to 20 m) onlapping sediment wedge, interpreted to be Holocene in age, suggests lateral accretion of the slope by more than 75 m in this period. Data illustrate that this open‐ocean margin is distinct from windward margins in the Bahamas, which typically include near‐vertical walls of erosion or bypass, flanked downdip by rubble and talus, and leeward margins, which have onlapping muddy wedges, but that lack marked terraces or escarpments. Collectively, the results provide perspectives into the nature and controls on complex geomorphological patterns of erosion and deposition in Holocene uppermost slope systems, concepts potentially applicable to ancient analogues.     

银额盆地石板泉西石炭系白山组碳酸盐岩地球化学特征及其环境意义

对银额盆地石板泉西石炭系白山组碳酸盐岩进行详细的地球化学分析,探讨各特征元素对古环境、古气候的指示意义。地球化学测试结果显示：除样品CH3外,其余样品主量元素中的Al及微量元素中的Ti、Zr、Th等典型陆源特征元素的含量较低,Y/Ho平均值为45.58,反映研究区白山组碳酸盐岩较少受陆源物质输入的影响;δCe与δEu、w（ΣREE）、（La/Sm）_N未见良好的相关性,也不具备Eu正异常,说明研究区白山组碳酸盐岩受成岩作用和热液作用的影响也较为有限。碳酸盐岩中所含微量元素主要为海水自生成因,能够反映原始沉积环境。根据特征元素对古水深、古盐度、古气候、古氧相和古水温进行研究,显示研究区白山组碳酸盐岩段虽然岩性较为单一,但其地球化学特征可以反映早晚的沉积古环境差异。研究区白山组碳酸盐岩总体经历了1个大的海侵海退旋回,沉积于正常海水,气候潮湿,弱氧化—弱还原环境,古水温为8.51~27.10℃,早期水温低,晚期水温升高。