ISOLATED olistoliths refer to massive blocks of rock occurring out of place, but with sedimentary contact relationship, within unrelated sediments. They were transported as single masses into the basins in which they ...ISOLATED olistoliths refer to massive blocks of rock occurring out of place, but with sedimentary contact relationship, within unrelated sediments. They were transported as single masses into the basins in which they occurred. In this note we will first report examples found from the Lower Triassic Xikou Formation in southwestern Fujian and discuss its geological significance.展开更多
The Cambrian-Ordovician rocks in southwestern Jiangxi are mainly composed of deep-water deposits, in which 5 facies have been recognized: sandstone facies, sandstone-mudstone facies, siltstone-mudstone facies, mudston...The Cambrian-Ordovician rocks in southwestern Jiangxi are mainly composed of deep-water deposits, in which 5 facies have been recognized: sandstone facies, sandstone-mudstone facies, siltstone-mudstone facies, mudstone (slate)facies, and chert facies. They are of turbidity current origin and are related to pelagic and hemipelagic deposits. In the light of facies distribution, the Cambrian-Ordovician deposits can be classified into 3 facies associations formed in middle fan, outer fan and deep-sea plain environments respectively. The 3 different orders of vertical cycles in the stratigraphic sequence are considered to be controlled by factors such as sea-level fluctuation, basin subsidence and submarine fan progradation. The tectonic setting of the sedimentary basin is interpreted as passive continental margin based on the chemical composition analysis of the sandstone.展开更多
文摘ISOLATED olistoliths refer to massive blocks of rock occurring out of place, but with sedimentary contact relationship, within unrelated sediments. They were transported as single masses into the basins in which they occurred. In this note we will first report examples found from the Lower Triassic Xikou Formation in southwestern Fujian and discuss its geological significance.
文摘The Cambrian-Ordovician rocks in southwestern Jiangxi are mainly composed of deep-water deposits, in which 5 facies have been recognized: sandstone facies, sandstone-mudstone facies, siltstone-mudstone facies, mudstone (slate)facies, and chert facies. They are of turbidity current origin and are related to pelagic and hemipelagic deposits. In the light of facies distribution, the Cambrian-Ordovician deposits can be classified into 3 facies associations formed in middle fan, outer fan and deep-sea plain environments respectively. The 3 different orders of vertical cycles in the stratigraphic sequence are considered to be controlled by factors such as sea-level fluctuation, basin subsidence and submarine fan progradation. The tectonic setting of the sedimentary basin is interpreted as passive continental margin based on the chemical composition analysis of the sandstone.
