古地理学报 ›› 2009, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (5): 503-512. doi: 10.7605/gdlxb.2009.05.004

• 岩相古地理学及沉积学 • 上一篇    下一篇

广西菜子岩剖面中上泥盆统界线附近沉积相与海平面变化*——兼论华南吉维期中期的海退及时间

李华1 马学平1 韦龙明2   

  1. 1 北京大学地球与空间科学学院,北京 100871
    2 桂林工学院资源与环境系, 广西桂林 541004
  • 收稿日期:2009-04-02 修回日期:2009-06-09 出版日期:2009-10-01 发布日期:2009-10-01
  • 作者简介:李华,女,1981年生,北京大学地球与空间科学学院博士研究生,主要从事生物地层学和沉积学方面的研究。E-mail:jujuli.student@sina.com。
    通讯作者简介 马学平,男,博士生导师,教授,主要从事古生物学,地层学和沉积学方面的研究。E-mail:maxp@pku.edu.cn。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(编号: 40472009, 40872007, 40830211)和国家重点基础研究发展规划项目(编号:2006CB806400)联合资助

Sedimentary facies and sea-level change across the Middle-Upper Devonian boundary at Caiziyan section, Guangxi: The mid-Givetian regression and its timing in South China

Li Hua1, Ma Xueping1, Wei Longming2   

  1. 1 School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871
    2 Department of Resource and Environment, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, Guangxi
  • Received:2009-04-02 Revised:2009-06-09 Online:2009-10-01 Published:2009-10-01
  • About author:Li Hua, born in 1981. Now she is engaged in biostratigraphy and sedimentology in Peking University as a doctor candidate. E-mail: jujuli.student@sina.com.
    About the corresponding author Ma Xueping is a professor of Peking University. He is mainly engaged in paleontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology in Peking University. E-mail:maxp@pku.edu.cn.

摘要: 广西菜子岩剖面处于台地边缘地带,含有底栖生物及浮游生物化石。综合岩相、生物相等资料,按牙形石带时限讨论了该地区吉维期—弗拉斯期早期主要的海平面变化历史。吉维期早期(相当于东岗岭组)经历了持续的海侵,大致下varcus带末期可能出现短暂的海退;“谷闭组”下部岩性复杂,海平面波动强烈,其中较大规模的包括了发生于上varcus带的海退(即吉维期中期海退)及下hermanni-cristatus带初期的海侵。吉维期晚期地层含有丰富的床板珊瑚以及其他礁体生物碎屑,产层孔虫、海百合等,意味着这个时期研究区可能处于礁前的上斜坡部位。“谷闭组”上部(牙形石falsiovalis带至transitans带下部)的岩性为中—薄层与厚层的灰岩互层,以正常的底栖生物为主,反映了由原来的礁前到滩前的变化,但水体深度在中—晚泥盆世界线前后可能总体相似。融县组(底部)以浅灰、灰白色的中—薄层至厚层—块状灰岩为特征,其沉积始于牙形石transitans带中部,证据表明此时海水可能变深。菜子岩剖面的白云岩位于上varcus带的下部,主要为细—中晶结构,见有灰岩残余以及正常海相生物碎屑。横向上与其他剖面对比表明,广西地区上varcus带可能出现了区域性的海退事件。

关键词: 广西, 菜子岩, 中上泥盆统, 岩相, 生物相, 海平面变化, 白云岩, 吉维期中期

Abstract: The Caiziyan section was located in a platform margin zone, with relatively abundant benthic and common-rare pelagic fossils, which may be regarded as a quite suitable reference section for stratigraphic correlation and division. On the basis of lithofacies and biofacies characteristics, sea-level change history is reconstructed for the interval from the Givetian to the Early Frasnian times. The Early Givetian Donggangling Formation of the study area may represent deposits under a persistent transgressive phase, probably with a slight sea-level fall at the end of the Lower varcus Zone. The lower part of the “Gubi” Formation is complex in lithology, probably resulting from extensive sea-level changes, including a significant transgressive event at the initial period of the Lower hermanni-cristatus Zone and the long-recognized mid-Givetian regression, whose timing has been precisely determined to be the Upper varcus Zone for the first time. The Late Givetian deposits host abundant tabulate corals and reef-associated bioclasts, including stromatoporoids, crinoid stems etc., implying that the study area was probably located on the upper slope in front of a reef complex. The upper part of the “Gubi” Formation(conodont falsiovalis to lower transitans zones)is characterized by alternating medium-thin and thick bedded limestones(mainly with bioclasts of level-bottom organisms), which indicates a change from fore-reef to fore-shoal environments, probably with little overall sea-level change across the Middle-Upper Devonian boundary. The Rongxian Formation(basal part)is characterized by grayish to gray-white thin-bedded to massive limestones, which may represent a significant sea-level rise in the Middle transitans Zone in South China. The finely-medium crystalline dolostone layer at Caiziyan is within the Upper varcus Zone, with normal marine fossils including corals and conodonts. The proposed interpretation for this dolostone layer is that a substantial sea-level fall event happened in the Upper varcus Zone in the Guangxi area, based on temporal and spatial correlation of the dolomitized layers and evidence of sea-level fall in other sections.

Key words: Guangxi, Caiziyan, Middle-Upper Devonian, lithofacies, biofacies, sea-level change, dolostone, mid-Givetian

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