Depositional facies and stratal cyclicity of dolomites in the Lower Qiulitag Group (Upper Cambrian) in northwestern Tarim Basin, NW China

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Zhang, Yanqiu [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Daizhao [1 ]
Zhou, Xiqiang [1 ]
Guo, Zenghui [1 ]
Wei, Wenwen [1 ]
Mutti, Maria [2 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Petr Resources Res, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Potsdam, Inst Earth & Environm Sci, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
关键词
Dolomites; Facies; Stratal cyclicity; Sequences; Upper Cambrian; Tarim Basin; China; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; TRIASSIC PLATFORM CARBONATES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; HIGH-FREQUENCY; STACKING PATTERNS; FISCHER PLOTS; ASTRONOMICAL FREQUENCIES; VIRGINIA APPALACHIANS; LOWER ORDOVICIAN; SOUTH CHINA;
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10.1007/s10347-014-0417-1
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
The Upper Cambrian Lower Qiulitag Group in the Tarim Basin, NW China, is overwhelmingly composed of cyclic dolomites. Based on extensive field investigations and facies analysis from four outcrop sections in the Bachu-Keping area, northwestern Tarim Basin, four main types of facies are recognized: open-marine subtidal, restricted shallow subtidal, intertidal, and supratidal facies, and these are further subdivided into ten lithofacies. In general, these facies are vertically arranged into shallowing-upward, metre-scale cycles. These cycles are commonly composed of a thin basal horizon reflecting abrupt deepening, and a thicker upper succession showing gradual shallowing upwards. Based on the vertical facies arrangements and changes across boundary surfaces, two types of cycle: peritidal and shallow subtidal cycle, are further identified. The peritidal cycles, predominating over the lower-middle Lower Qiulitag Group, commence with shallow subtidal to lower intertidal facies and are capped by inter-supratidal facies. In contrast, the shallow subtidal cycles, dominating the upper Lower Qiulitag Group, are capped by shallow-subtidal facies. Based on vertical lithofacies variations, cycle stacking patterns, and accommodation variations revealed by Fischer plots, six larger-scale third-order depositional sequences (Sq1-Sq6) are recognized. These sequences generally consist of a lower transgressive and an upper regressive systems tract. The transgressive tracts are dominated by thicker-than-average cycles, indicating an overall accommodation increase, whereas the regressive tracts are characterized by thinner-than-average peritidal cycles, indicating an overall accommodation decrease. The sequence boundaries are characterized by transitional zones of stacked thinner-than-average cycles, rather than by a single surface. These sequences can further be grouped into lower-order sequence sets: the lower and upper sequence sets. The lower sequence set, including Sq1-Sq3, is characterized by peritidal facies-dominated sequences and a progressive decrease in accommodation space, indicating a longer-term fall in sea level. In contrast, the upper sequence set (Sq4-Sq6) is characterized by subtidal facies-dominated sequences and a progressive increase in accommodation space, indicating a longer-term rise in sea level.
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