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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (01): 166-176.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.005

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Paleoenvironmental Evolution in the Guadalupian (Permian) Gufeng Formation in Chaohu Area,Anhui

TANG Zhanwen(), WEI Hengye()   

  1. School of Earth Science,East China University of Technology,Nanchang,Jiangxi 330013,China
  • Received:2019-06-26 Revised:2019-10-26 Online:2020-03-05 Published:2020-03-07
  • Contact: WEI Hengye

Abstract:

The Guadalupian (Permian) period was a critical transition of paleo-ocean conditions. The effect of the paleo-ocean and paleo-environmental conditions on the Guadalupian mass extinction of benthic paleo-invertebrates is still a mystery. Here, we analyzed terrestrial detritus input, surface water primary productivity and bottom water redox conditions in the Guadalupian Gufeng Formation via elemental geochemistry. The results show high terrestrial detrital inputs in the Early and Late Guadalupian. The primary marine productivity was the highest in the Early Guadalupian, low in the Middle Guadalupian, and relatively high in the Late Guadalupian. The paleo-water column was mainly anoxic to euxinic in the Guadalupian. The Early Guadalupian was mainly suboxic-anoxic with intermittent euxinic episodes, while the Middle-Late Guadalupian was mainly euxinic with intermittent anoxic episodes. The environmental redox evolution may have controlled mainly by hydrodynamic conditions. The persistent anoxia/euxinia of the deep-water environment in the Guadalupian may have led to persistent suboxia (or even anoxia) of the shallow-platform bottom water, causing vulnerability to the marine ecosystem and eventually biocrisis events.

Key words: Guadalupian, Gufeng Formation, redox, primary productivity, Chaohu

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