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JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
卷 129, 期 -, 页码 54-66出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.029
关键词
Cambrian explosion; Skeletal fossils; Microfacies; Mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits; North China Platform
资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB835002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41272036]
The Xinji and Zhushadong formations are the oldest record of Cambrian deposits in the southwestern margin of the North China Platform. The two lithostratigraphic units are carbonate-dominated in lithology and are Cambrian Series 2 in age. The basal unit, the Xinji Formation yields diverse skeletal fossils, including sponge spicules, chancelloriid sclerites, hyoliths, micromolluscs, trilobites, echinoderm ossicles, cambroclaves, tianzhushanellids, protoconodonts and other small shelly fossils. The fossil assemblage, as the earliest fauna of the Cambrian in North China; provides an important window to investigate the Cambrian explosion in the region and contains fossil elements with biostratigraphical significance. Seven microfacies types of the Xinji and Zhushadong formations are recognized: (1) phosphorized and selectively dolomitized bioclastic grainstone, (2) dolomitized ooid grainstone, (3) dolomitized peloid wackstone, (4) lime mudstone preserved as dolomitic microsparite, (5) siliciclastic wackstone, (6) calcareous siltstone, and (7) breccia. The different microfacies are traced to three successive depositional environments, beginning with a bioclastic shoal, then a mixed-depositional back-shoal and finally an oolitic shoal. The system of the shoal and back-shoal is interpreted as representing the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposition during the initial transgression of the North China Platform as well as the early development of an epeiric environment. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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