Sedimentary Environment of the Late Cretaceous Chishan Formation in the Jiangsu Province

Yue Wenzhe; Ye Zhizheng; Jiang Yuehua

The sedimentological analysis of the Chishan Formation is the result of the detailed, bed-by-bed study of the standard pro-file of Chishan Formation in Chishan Mountain, Jurong County, Jiangsu. Considering lithologies are diverse and according to thegenetic type, six recurring lithophases are distinguished as follows:Lithophase 1 .Purplish red fine calcareous feldspathic graywacke.Lithophase 2. Purplish red fossiliferous calcareous clay siltite or silty claystoneLithophase 3: rPurplish red thin bedded silty clay dolomite (or dolomitic fine-silty sandstone) with polygonal fracture.Lithophase 4. Bricky red fine feldspathic quartz sandstone with large-scale and high-angle cross-bedding.Lithophase 5. Purplish red thick bedded medium-fine feldspathic quartz sandstone with plane bed lamination, intercalatingmuddy flate gravel conglomerate and thin bedded gravelstone.Lithophase 6. Bricky red lenticular unequigranular graywacke, fine feldspathic quartz sandstone and silty claystone,whichconsist of hemicycles with fining-upward grain size.The Chishan Formation can be subdivided into two members. The lower member consists dominantly of lithophases 1,2 and3 which make up hemicycles. The upper member is mainly composed of lithophases 4,6. According to the features of the sedimen-tary structure and texture and lithophase associations of Chishan Formation, the sedimentary environment of the lower member isexplained the desert lake or playa and the upper member interpreted aeolian desert sea.In this paper, it is discussed that the bounding surfaces within the aeolian sandstones with large scale and high-angle cross-bedding (lithophase 4), discribed the sedimentary characteristics of the first-order surfaces (Stokes surfaces) and inquired intothe depositional tectonic setting of the Chishan Formation. We consider that the Late Cretaceous Chishan Formation formed duringthe periods from slowly thermal cooling subsidence to shrinking of the Subei Basin.

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources,Nanjing 210016

Received Date: 1996-12-04

Publish Date: 1997-12-31

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Abstract: The sedimentological analysis of the Chishan Formation is the result of the detailed, bed-by-bed study of the standard pro-file of Chishan Formation in Chishan Mountain, Jurong County, Jiangsu. Considering lithologies are diverse and according to thegenetic type, six recurring lithophases are distinguished as follows:Lithophase 1 .Purplish red fine calcareous feldspathic graywacke.Lithophase 2. Purplish red fossiliferous calcareous clay siltite or silty claystoneLithophase 3: rPurplish red thin bedded silty clay dolomite (or dolomitic fine-silty sandstone) with polygonal fracture.Lithophase 4. Bricky red fine feldspathic quartz sandstone with large-scale and high-angle cross-bedding.Lithophase 5. Purplish red thick bedded medium-fine feldspathic quartz sandstone with plane bed lamination, intercalatingmuddy flate gravel conglomerate and thin bedded gravelstone.Lithophase 6. Bricky red lenticular unequigranular graywacke, fine feldspathic quartz sandstone and silty claystone,whichconsist of hemicycles with fining-upward grain size.The Chishan Formation can be subdivided into two members. The lower member consists dominantly of lithophases 1,2 and3 which make up hemicycles. The upper member is mainly composed of lithophases 4,6. According to the features of the sedimen-tary structure and texture and lithophase associations of Chishan Formation, the sedimentary environment of the lower member isexplained the desert lake or playa and the upper member interpreted aeolian desert sea.In this paper, it is discussed that the bounding surfaces within the aeolian sandstones with large scale and high-angle cross-bedding (lithophase 4), discribed the sedimentary characteristics of the first-order surfaces (Stokes surfaces) and inquired intothe depositional tectonic setting of the Chishan Formation. We consider that the Late Cretaceous Chishan Formation formed duringthe periods from slowly thermal cooling subsidence to shrinking of the Subei Basin.

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