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Architecture and Development of Miocene Carbonate Platform in the Beikang Basin, Southern South China Sea
Author(s) -
YAN Wei,
ZHANG Guangxue,
XIA Bin,
ZHANG Li,
YANG Zhen,
LEI Zhenyu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.14218
Subject(s) - geology , carbonate , structural basin , china , carbonate platform , oceanography , paleontology , architecture , late miocene , geochemistry , archaeology , geography , sedimentary depositional environment , materials science , metallurgy
The Miocene tropical carbonates deposition was extensive in the southern part of South China Sea. A large number of carbonate platforms developed on topographic highs which maybe inherited from block-tilting during the Eocene to Early Oligocene rifting phase (Fulthorpe and Schlanger, 1989, Sales et al., 1997, Eduard, 2015). The Miocene and present-day carbonate platforms both exhibit platform fragmentation and contraction, which may be controlled by syn-depositional and could lead to the submerging of whole platform ultimately (David et al., 2014). Most of the Miocene Carbonate platforms may be affected by tectonic activity and eustatic variations, and have been explained as being submerged (Vahrenkamp et al., 1998; Zampetti et al., 2004; Fournier et al., 2005; David et al., 2014). Based on the analysis of sea level rising/falling rate and carbonate growth rate, the platform could be divided into several styles (Fig.1), and growth history could be reconstructed in this article.