The Cretaceous Sedimentary Environments and Tectonic Setting of the Southern East China Sea Shelf Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Setting
2.1. Geology and Tectonic Location
2.2. The Formation and Evolution of the East China Sea Shelf Basin
2.3. Stratigraphy of the East China Sea Shelf Basin
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Sedimentary Characteristics
4.1.1. Petrographic Analysis
4.1.2. Sedimentary Structures
4.2. Glauconites Morphology and Origin
4.3. Biological Characteristics
4.4. Trace Element Characteristics
4.5. Seismic Facies
5. Discussion
5.1. The Sedimentary Environments
5.2. The Tectonic Setting and Depositional Model
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 2 |
2 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
3 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 3 |
4 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 2 |
5 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 30 | 3 |
6 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 30 | 4 |
7 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 6 |
8 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 5 |
9 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 5 |
10 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 32 | 3 |
11 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 3 |
Average | 47.45 | 45.91 | 1.55 | 15.3 | 4.64 | 3.27 | 29.36 | 26 | 3.36 |
Strata | Area | Sedimentary Environment | Al2O3 | MgO | SiO2 | K2O | Na2O | CaO | MnO | FeO | TiO2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modern sediments [63] | East China Sea | Offshore | 6.94 | 6.31 | 44.73 | 3.35 | 0.6 | - | - | 21.53 | - |
Modern sediments [63] | South China Sea | Offshore | 5.31 | 5.63 | 45.07 | 3.71 | 0.39 | - | - | 25.07 | - |
Modern sediments [63] | Pacific Ocean | Offshore | 5.07 | 3.91 | 49.72 | 4.89 | 0.6 | - | - | 22.51 | - |
Lower Eocene [64] | Huanghua | Coastal lakes | 8.84 | 4.14 | 49.72 | 9.35 | - | 0.16 | - | 18.75 | - |
Permian [65] | Guizhou | Littoral | 13.93 | 4.34 | 48.49 | 8.17 | 0.16 | 0.1 | 0.15 | 12.32 | 0.29 |
Lower Eocene [62] | East China Sea | Littoral | 10.71 | 4.2 | 45.64 | 8.09 | 0.45 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 15.1 | 0.12 |
Upper Cretaceous | The study area | 10.40 | 3.39 | 50.19 | 6.55 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.03 | 14.51 | 0.23 |
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Yang, Y.; Jiang, Z.; Jiang, X. The Cretaceous Sedimentary Environments and Tectonic Setting of the Southern East China Sea Shelf Basin. Energies 2023, 16, 4205. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16104205
Yang Y, Jiang Z, Jiang X. The Cretaceous Sedimentary Environments and Tectonic Setting of the Southern East China Sea Shelf Basin. Energies. 2023; 16(10):4205. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16104205
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Yepeng, Zaixing Jiang, and Xiaolong Jiang. 2023. "The Cretaceous Sedimentary Environments and Tectonic Setting of the Southern East China Sea Shelf Basin" Energies 16, no. 10: 4205. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16104205