Isotope and Trace Element Evolution: Responding to Sea-level Fluctuation —An Example of Ordovician in Middle Tarim Basin
- Received Date: 1998-04-06
- Publish Date: 1998-08-10
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Key words:
- sea level fluctuation /
- isotopes evolution /
- reverse interrelationship /
- Tarim basin
Abstract: The Strontium isotope composition of marine autogenetic minerals can reflect the sea level fluctuation trend during the minerals deposited. The analysis of the87Sr/86Sr ratio of Ordovician shows the sea level dropped in Early Ordovician and then rose continuously and stayed above the average level in M iddle and Late Ordovician in middle Tarim area. The study of oxygen isotopes indicates the dolostones of the Lower Ordovician are mainly penecontemporaneous dolostones which deposited in the sedimentary environment of the high salinity of the lower sea level. The trace elements geochemistry draws the same conclusion as that of the study of the isotope analysis. In brief, the variation trend of87Sr/86r ratio was reversely interrelated with the sea level fluctuation. Both oxygen isotopes and some elements made remarkably response to the sea level fluctuation during the O rdovician.
Citation: | Bao Zhidong, Zhu Jingquan, Jiang Maosheng, Xia Yong. Isotope and Trace Element Evolution: Responding to Sea-level Fluctuation —An Example of Ordovician in Middle Tarim Basin[J]. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica, 1998, 16(4): 30-36. |