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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (04): 718-731.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.021

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High-resolution Stratigraphy of Upper Carboniferous-Middle Permian in Southern North China and Its Northern Surroundings

LI Yang1(), RUAN Zhuang1, LI Zhongming2, YU Bingsong1, SONG Nannan1, DONG Guoguo2, ZHANG Dong2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources,China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    2. Henan Institute of Geological Survey, Zhengzhou,Henan 450001,China
  • Received:2018-07-22 Revised:2020-01-13 Online:2020-08-31 Published:2020-09-03

Abstract:

Permo-Carboniferous source rocks in southern North China are widely developed and become an important target for shale-gas exploration. However, regional study on the Carboniferous-Permian sequences is still inadequate due to the complex structure and unclear stratigraphic correlation. Based on high-resolution stratigraphy, sedimentology, core-logging, and seismic data from twelve wells, we first establish the stratigraphic sequence of the region. The results show that the Taiyuan, Shanxi and Xiashihezi formations belong to an incomplete super-long cycle, which could be divided into five long-term cycles and 14 medium-term cycles. The medium-term base-level circle structure patterns can be divided into three types:A and B, incomplete symmetrical type dominated by (A) ascending hemicycle and (B) descending semicircular gyrus; C, nearly half ascending and half descending with the same type of symmetry. A-type patterns are mostly developed in the nearshore delta sedimentary environment, whilst B-type patterns are mostly developed in the intertidal to subtidal/lagoon environment. Meanwhile, C-type patterns are common in shallow-water (deltaic or tidal) environments. Geostatistical analysis of the stratigraphic sequences (from north to south and from east to west) has found no regional discontinuities or unconformities.Due to local late-tectonic influence, the seesaw-style uplift may have generated local discontinuities, which formed the pseudo-unconformity between the upper and lower parts of the sequence.

Key words: southern North China, Upper Carboniferous-Midddle Permian, high-resolution stratigraphy, base-level cycle

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