Petrological Characteristics of Radiolarian Silicalite and Its Geological Significance of Lower Silurian in the Hanzhong Region
- Received Date: 1996-06-12
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Key words:
- rediolarian silicalite /
- Lower Silurian /
- Hanzhong
Abstract: The well stratificatied and widespread radiolarian silicalite with a fairly great thickness in the Liang- shan region, Hanzhong, is mainly composed. of quartz filling radiolarian cast, aphanitic or microcrystalline chert and quartz as well as a little illite matrix. The average content of SiO 2 in the rock is above 90 %. By analysis of petrological characteristics, the origin of radiolarian silicalite in this region is explained that the distal volcanic product provided SiO , for volcanic product changes, dissolved and released out SiO 2 into sea water where formed a favorable environment for the growth of siliceous organism. The radiolari- an silicalite of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in this region was formed in the transitive zone between the deepwater continental shelf where the water depth is relatively shallow and the continental slope,in which the sea-water depth is about 200 m.
Citation: | Li Wenhou. Petrological Characteristics of Radiolarian Silicalite and Its Geological Significance of Lower Silurian in the Hanzhong Region[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 1997, 15(3): 171-173. |