KMS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS
Dynamic palaeogeographic reconstructions of the Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian, Late Permian) for the South China Block | |
Hou, Zhang-shuai1,2,3; Fan, Jun-xuan4,5; Henderson, Charles M.6; Yuan, Dong-xun1,2![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
2020-05-15 | |
Source Publication | PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0031-0182 |
Volume | 546Pages:18 |
Abstract | As an important tool in natural resource exploration, palaeogeography provides a portrayal of deep time Earth. The South China Block located in the eastern Palaeotethys includes multiple natural resources (e.g., coal, shale gas, bauxite, etc.) in the Permian, which are well known for their important economic significance. In this paper, data gathered from literature amount to 431 stratigraphic sections of Wuchiapingian age from South China. These data were quantitatively analyzed and dynamically reconstructed in the global context under the revised plate motion model by GPlates software for the first time. A schematic 3-D model was constructed based on the high-resolution reconstructions in this paper, showing two relatively large highlands developed in the South China Block during the Wuchiapingian, including the Kangdian Highland in the west and the Cathaysia Highland in the east and a small Yunkai Highland in the south. A broad platform-dominated depositional system with small uplifts and depressions was developed between these two highlands. These reconstructions show great potential to explore enriched coal seams and shale gas in the peripheral areas of the two ancient highlands in the west and east of the South China Block. Based on the dynamic evolution of this depositional system, South China experienced an overall sea-level rise with frequent secondary transgressions and regressions during the Wuchiapingian. This is in contrast to the widespread continental and evaporite deposits on much of Pangea and its surrounding margins after the end-Guadalupian global regression. Compilation of conodont biostratigraphic data suggest that the temporal and spatial constraints on the unconformity across the Guadalupian-Lopingian boundary (GLB) resulted from Dongwu Uplift movement. The regression began during the Jinogondolella shannoni Zone and ended in the Clarkina leveni Zone, but the response time varies in different localities of South China. These results provide detailed information about sea-level eustacy, tectonic uplift, sedimentary hiatus, resource accumulation and palaeoclimate change from the South China Block during the Wuchiapingian. |
Keyword | Eastern Palaeotethys GPlates Natural resources Quantitative analysis |
DOI | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109667 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE ; ZIRCON U-PB ; MASS EXTINCTION ; SW CHINA ; LONGTAN FORMATION ; GEOBIODIVERSITY DATABASE ; SICHUAN BASIN ; END ; SECTION ; COAL |
Funding Project | Strategic Priority Research Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Strategic Priority Research Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB18000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41420104003] |
WOS Research Area | Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS Subject | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology |
WOS ID | WOS:000526826100012 |
Funding Organization | Strategic Priority Research Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Publisher | ELSEVIER |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/31771 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Shen, Shu Zhong |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, LPS, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China 4.Nanjing Univ, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, 163 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China 5.Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, 163 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China 6.Univ Calgary, Dept Geosci, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada 7.Nanjing Univ, Sch Geog & Ocean Sci, 163 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China 8.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Hou, Zhang-shuai,Fan, Jun-xuan,Henderson, Charles M.,et al. Dynamic palaeogeographic reconstructions of the Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian, Late Permian) for the South China Block[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2020,546:18. |
APA | Hou, Zhang-shuai.,Fan, Jun-xuan.,Henderson, Charles M..,Yuan, Dong-xun.,Shen, Bo-heng.,...&Shen, Shu Zhong.(2020).Dynamic palaeogeographic reconstructions of the Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian, Late Permian) for the South China Block.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,546,18. |
MLA | Hou, Zhang-shuai,et al."Dynamic palaeogeographic reconstructions of the Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian, Late Permian) for the South China Block".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 546(2020):18. |
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