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Cambrian‐Ordovician Deep‐Water Deposits in Southwest Jiangxi, China
Author(s) -
Lei Ji
Publication year - 1994
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/j.1755-6724.1994.mp7004006.x
Subject(s) - facies , geology , ordovician , siltstone , turbidity current , paleontology , structural basin , sedimentary rock , turbidite , progradation , geochemistry , sedimentary depositional environment
The Cambrian‐Ordovician rocks in southwestern Jiangxi are mainly composed of deep‐water deposits, in which 5 facies have been recognized: sandstone facies, sandstone ‐ mudstone facies, siltstone ‐ mud stone facies, mudstone (slate) facies, and chert facies. They are of turbidity current origin and are related to pelagic and hemipelagic deposits. In the light of facies distribution, the Cambrian‐Ordovician deposits can be classified into 3 facies associations formed in middle fan, outer fan and deep ‐ sea plain environments respectively. The 3 different orders of vertical cycles in the stratigraphic sequence are considered to be controlled by factors such as sea‐level fluctuation, basin subsidence and submarine fan progradation. The tectonic setting of the sedimentary basin is interpreted as passive continental margin based on the chemical composition analysis of the sandstone.