Mixed Deep-Water Gravity Current Sedimentary Sequences of Middle-Ordovician Series in the East Margin of Bayanhaote Basin
- Publish Date: 1994-06-10
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Key words:
- Yingtaogou formation /
- Gravity current /
- Cycle
Abstract: The authors have identified a series of mixed thick deep-water gravity current sediments in Ying taogou Formation of middle-Ordovician in the east margin of Bayanhavte basin,It included carbonate slump breccias,graded fine conglomerates,sandy gravels, dassic turbidites, grey-green shales etc. Carbonate slump breccias were formed in clastic-skirt, which located under proximal sea-bottom near to fault steep cliff, and terrigenous turbidite were originated from paleo-weathered crust by turbidity current. By studying the vertical sequence,the authors consider that this Formation are generally represented a H grade cycle,corresponding to a second crust rising-falling cycle, which formed during the period when aulacogen subsided deepestly and were mainly defined by paleostructure.And each conplex of terrigenous sediment and infrobasinal sediment represented a grade cycle,corresponding to a low-graded sea-level-charnging cycle.
Citation: | Zhu Rukai, Wang Xianghua, Ge Ming. Mixed Deep-Water Gravity Current Sedimentary Sequences of Middle-Ordovician Series in the East Margin of Bayanhaote Basin[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 1994, 12(2): 77-85. |