A Magmatic-Hydrothermal Lacustrine Exhalite from the Permian Lucaogou Formation, Santanghu Basin, NW China -- The Volcanogenic Origin of Fine-Grained Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Abstract
Shales in the middle Permian Lucaogou Formation in the intracontinental Santanghu rift basin have been considered as "typical" organic-rich profundal shales for decades. Our study of well cores using petrographic microscope and scanning electron microscopy suggests an otherwise complex hydrovolcanic and hydrothermal origin. This paper describes characteristics of a particular type of the shales, composed of fine-grained detrital minerals and lithic grains. Some of them are orthopyroxene, calcite, peralkaline feldspars, and analcime that are interpreted as derived from peralkaline-alkaline carbonatite, pyroxenite, analcime phonolite, and andesite, whereas others are quartz, dolomite, ankerite, serpentine, and calcite that were precipitated from syndepositional or penecontemporary hydrothermal fluids. Grain size ranges from 0.001 to 2 mm, mostly 0.01-0.1 mm. Well-developed laminae are mostly 0.5-3 mm thick and alternate with tuffaceous dolomicrite. The rocks are interpreted as sublacustrine hydrovolcanic deposits, which had been altered by syndepositional hydrothermal fluids. The interpretation is substantiated by abundant cone-shaped stratigraphic buildups on seismic sections in the basin. This study shows an ancient example of volcanic-hydrothermal deposits in a rift basin.
Recommended Citation
X. Jiao et al., "A Magmatic-Hydrothermal Lacustrine Exhalite from the Permian Lucaogou Formation, Santanghu Basin, NW China -- The Volcanogenic Origin of Fine-Grained Clastic Sedimentary Rocks," Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 156, pp. 11 - 25, Elsevier Ltd, May 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.01.011
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Lacustrine; Magmatic-hydrothermal activities; Permian; Sedimentary; Tuff
Geographic Coverage
China
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1367-9120
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 May 2018
Comments
This work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation of China (41272116, 41572086 to YQL and 41428201 to WY), Key Program of State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics (BJ08133-3 to YQL), and China Scholarship Council (201406970004 to XJ).