Petrography and detrital zircon study of late Carboniferous sequences in the southwestern North China Craton: Implications for the regional tectonic evolution and bauxite genesis

Cai, Shenshen; Wang, Qingfei; Liu, Xuefei; Feng, Yuewen; Zhang, Ying

doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.11.002

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, ; Q. F. Wang et al, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ) and Lower Permian Taiyuan Formation (D. B. Yang et al, ; Zhu et al, ) within the southern NCC was derived from the NQB, indicating that the NQB was uplifted during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. However, the source region changed dramatically as a result of the intense uplift along the northern margin of the NCC since the depositional stage of the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation (W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ; Zhu et al, ).…”

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, 2015;Q. F. Wang et al, 2016;W.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Recently, a number of studies have performed analyses on the sediments from the southern NCC during the Late Palaeozoic to reveal the orogenic evolution of the QOB (Figure b). Based on the detrital zircon geochronology analyses of the Benxi and Taiyuan formations, the NQB provided the primary detritus for the southern NCC during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian (Cai, Wang, Liu, Feng, & Zhang, ; Q. F. Wang, Deng, Liu, Zhao, & Cai, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, & Zhao, ; Zhu, Zhu, Ge, & Wang, ). In contrast, the sediments in the Early Permian to Triassic strata were widely considered to originate from the Inner Mongolia Palaeo‐Uplift (IMPU) along the northern margin of the NCC (H. Y. Li, He, Xu, & Huang, ; W. Y. Zhou, Jiao, et al, ; Zhu et al, ).…”

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Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

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Basin formation and sedimentary development in the southern North China Craton (NCC) are closely related to the tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogenic Belt (QOB). With the aim of revealing the coupling evolution between the QOB and southern NCC during the Late Palaeozoic, an investigation based on provenance analysis was performed in this study. We present new detrital zircon U–Pb data from the Middle–Late Permian sediments in the Yiyang area, southern NCC. The results show that detrital zircons, from the Middle Permian Shihezi Formation, have three major peaks at 2,447, 1,905, and 296 Ma. In contrast, the lower and upper parts of the Late Permian Sunjiagou Formation yield major peaks at ~1.85 Ga and ~260 Ma, with weak peaks at ~2.5 Ga, ~450 Ma, and ~315 Ma, and the middle part of the Sunjiagou Formation displays a major peak at 429 Ma. Combined with published palaeocurrent data and lithofacies palaeogeography, the sediments of the Middle Permian Shihezi Formation were sourced from the Inner Mongolia Palaeo‐Uplift along the northern margin of the NCC, whereas the Upper Permian Sunjiagou Formation originated mainly from the southern margin of the NCC including the North Qinling Belt. This provenance shift indicates that the North Qinling Belt and southern margin of the NCC initiated the uplift and exhumation during the Late Permian. On the basis of the evolutionary history of the QOB, we attribute the uplift geodynamics to the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction. This study provides important sedimentological constraints for the tectonic conversion during the Late Palaeozoic along the southern margin of the NCC, which also restricts the start‐up time of the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction from the perspective of the basin–mountain system.

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“…As mentioned above, numerous published detrital zircon data demonstrate that the source of the Upper Carboniferous Benxi Formation (Cai et al, 2015;Q. F. Wang et al, 2016;W.…”

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Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

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“…The marine sedimentary pattern during the Middle Ordovician and the continental sedimentary pattern during the late Carboniferous in the NCC has been well studied . However, there has been little investigation of and no consensus regarding the paleogeomorphology that developed during the 120 Myr hiatus from the end of the Ordovician.…”

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“…An extended and widespread hiatus lasting for up to 120 Myr during the Middle Ordovician to early Carboniferous in the North China Craton (NCC) corresponded to an important geological event, that is, Caledonian Movement, which led to a change from marine to transitional facies and eventually terrestrial facies. The Ordos Basin in the southwestern NCC recorded this process and therefore provides an opportunity to investigate the regional differential uplift pattern at that time, during which the extensive paleokarst unconformity and its paleogeomorphology had profound influences on the paleogeography and diagenesis of the corresponding strata . On the one hand, extensive and long‐term meteoric water karstification transformed the Ordovician Majiagou Formation carbonate rocks, contributing to the formation of the Jingbian gas field in the central part of the basin .…”

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Reconstructing large‐scale karst paleogeomorphology at the top of the Ordovician in the Ordos Basin, China: Control on natural gas accumulation and paleogeographic implications

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Fan

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Energy Science & Engineering

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Karstification in carbonate successions has an important influence on hydrocarbon accumulation. Taking the Ordos Basin, currently the largest petroliferous basin in China, as an example, this study examines the large‐scale, long‐term (~120 Myr) paleokarst at the top of the Ordovician. The objectives of the study are to characterize the karst paleogeomorphology of this area, to explain the inconsistency between existing understandings of karst paleogeomorphology and exploration in the eastern Ordos Basin, and to reveal the control of paleokarst on natural gas accumulation and its paleogeographic significance. A total of 860 exploration wells were used for detailed stratigraphic correlation and analysis, along with core observations, well‐logging analyses, physical property characterization, and isotope analyses. Results of residual thickness and moldic thickness reconstruction reveal variation in karst paleogeomorphology between north and south in the eastern Ordos Basin, differing from the traditionally recognized E‐W variation. Two geomorphic units are classified as follows: the karst highland and the karst slope from north to south, with the karst slope being subdivided into northern and southern slope areas. The karst highland area has negligible reservoir capacity and hydrocarbon accumulation owing to the enhanced denudation that occurred there. In contrast, the northern karst slope shows favorable reservoir properties and has abundant gas wells according to well‐logging interpretations, whereas the southern karst slope is of poor reservoir quality and hosts mainly water wells. Differences in dissolution‐filling effects controlled by the surface paleodrainage system are suggested to be the main contributor to differential reservoir space preservation, which, together with the variable width and depth of source rocks in the grooves (thereby variably exposing source rock), further promoted differential gas accumulation. The Ordos Basin and its periphery in the southwestern North China Craton (NCC) show inheritance of sedimentary‐tectonic patterns from the Middle Ordovician to the Late Carboniferous. These results should provide a reference for hydrocarbon exploration in the Ordovician of other basins in the NCC in which karst occurs and karst basins worldwide, and deepens understanding of the paleogeographic framework in the context of regional uplift of the North China Platform.

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Dataset of detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions for the late Paleozoic–Mesozoic strata in the North China block

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et al. 2023

Geoscience Data Journal

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The construction of databases of detrital zircon is important for Earth science research. A total of 27,915 U–Pb ages and 4,968 Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the upper Paleozoic–Mesozoic strata of the North China Block were compiled from articles in the Web of Science and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure. This dataset yields five age groups, at 3.9–1.0 Ga, 1,000–540 Ma, 540–360 Ma, 360–240 Ma and 240–95 Ma. The 3.9–1.0 Ga group has two peaks at ~2.5 and ~ 1.85 Ga. The 1,000–540 Ma and 540–380 Ma groups have three peaks at ~920 Ma, 780–750 Ma and ~ 440 Ma. Detrital zircon grains with ages of 360–240 Ma have multiple age peaks at ~380, ~320, ~280 and ~250 Ma. The group with ages of 240–95 Ma yields four peak ages at ~220, ~180, ~160 and ~120 Ma. Corresponding εHf(t) values range from −81.3 to +41.9, with two‐stage Hf model ages (TDM2) of 4,335–204 Ma. This dataset provides a comprehensive and systematic archive of detrital zircon data for Paleozoic–Mesozoic successions in the North China Block, which can be used to track tectono‐sedimentary and crustal evolution. In using this dataset, two issues need to be considered. First, the number of detrital zircon analyses from each sample varies markedly, which may influence the interpretation of the dataset. Second, there may be large uncertainties in the stratigraphic ages assigned to the samples.

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Petrography and detrital zircon study of late Carboniferous sequences in the southwestern North China Craton: Implications for the regional tectonic evolution and bauxite genesis

Cited by 27 publications

References 61 publications

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

Detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Middle to Late Permian strata of the Yiyang area, southern North China Craton: Implications for the Mianlue oceanic crust subduction

Reconstructing large‐scale karst paleogeomorphology at the top of the Ordovician in the Ordos Basin, China: Control on natural gas accumulation and paleogeographic implications

Dataset of detrital zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions for the late Paleozoic–Mesozoic strata in the North China block

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