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- Title
Geochemical Features, Origin, and Depositional Environment of Late Ordovician–Early Silurian Wufeng and Longmaxi Formation Cherts in the Southeastern Sichuan Basin.
- Authors
Ge, Xiangying; Mou, Chuanlong; Men, Xin; Wang, Qiyu; Hou, Qian; Zheng, Binsong; Chen, Feifei
- Abstract
The Sichuan Basin in Southeastern China contains extensive bedded cherts dating back to the Late Ordovician–Early Silurian period. To investigate the origin and depositional environment of these cherts, we conducted a comprehensive study using field observations, thin sections microscopic, silicon isotope analysis, and major and trace element geochemistry of samples from three sections. Our results indicate that the cherts from Wufeng and Longmaxi formations are non-hydrothermal, normal biogenic seawater deposits mainly affected by terrigenous input and slightly associated with volcanic ash. Al2O3/(Al2O3 + Fe2O3T) and LaN/CeN ratios, δCe values and Fe2O3T/TiO2 − Al2O3/(Al2O3 + Fe2O3T), Fe2O3T/(100 − SiO2) − Al2O3/(100 − SiO2), 100 × (Fe2O3T/SiO2) – 100 × (Al2O3/SiO2), and LaN/CeN − Al2O3/(Al2O3 + Fe2O3T) discrimination diagrams indicated that the bedded cherts deposited in the continental margin environment.
- Subjects
SICHUAN Sheng (China); SILICON isotopes; SILURIAN Period; VOLCANIC ash, tuff, etc.; CHERT; CONTINENTAL margins
- Publication
Minerals (2075-163X), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 8, p745
- ISSN
2075-163X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/min14080745