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Geochemical characteristics and geological significance of Daohugou Formation at Ningcheng County of Inner Mongolia, Eastern China
Author(s) -
Li Fulai,
Ma Wenkuan,
Meng Fanxue,
Diao Hao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.4050
Subject(s) - geology , geochemistry , provenance , tectonics , archean , weathering , sedimentary depositional environment , bedrock , sedimentary rock , continental crust , craton , continental margin , gneiss , igneous rock , crust , structural basin , geomorphology , paleontology , metamorphic rock
Geochemical characteristics of sedimentary rocks play an important role in indicating depositional environments and tectonic backgrounds. In this article, the major and trace elements of the Daohugou Formation are measured, which shows that the quartz and silicate minerals are abundant; trace elements, except for Rb, are depleted than that of the upper crust; the rare earth elements (REE) curves incline to the right with Eu negative anomaly and slight Ce negative anomaly. The Daohugou Formation is continental deposits with freshwater and oxic conditions, and the climate changes from warm and humid to hot and dry. The source rock of the Daohugou Formation is granite which experienced an intermediate chemical weathering under wet and warm conditions, and the tectonic background of the Daohugou Formation is a passive continental margin. It is deduced that the provenance of the Daohugou Formation is Archean gneiss in the south of the Daohugou Basin.