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DOI	10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109681
	Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area; South China
	Xiao Q.; She Z.; Wang G.; Li Y.; Ouyang G.; Cao K.; Mason R.; Du Y.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0031-0182
卷号	547
英文摘要	The terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, South China is well known for hosting diverse Ediacaran-type macrofossils and trace fossils. However, the depositional processes of this carbonate succession are still poorly known. Here we present detailed sedimentological data on the Dengying carbonates in four sections across the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, with an emphasis on tempestites in limestones of the Shibantan Member of Dengying Formation that have largely been overlooked. The Shibantan limestones in the studied sections contain extensive autochthonous microbial mats and storm-related deposits, including calcirudite, individual swaley cross-stratified calcarenites, hummocky cross-stratified fine- to very fine-grained calcarenites, normally graded calcarenites, calcarenite-calcisiltite beds in discrete units, and soft-sediment deformed beds. The spatial variation of facies suggests that the Shibantan Member was deposited on a carbonate ramp with an intra-ramp lagoon. With the upward shallowing of water depth and progradation of storm-generated sediments, the ramp gradually become steeper, as characterized by the occurrence of soft-sediment deformation structures and graded bedding in the middle of the member. The abundance of tempestites in the Shibantan limestones suggests that the Shibantan Basin was located in low-latitude regions frequently affected by tropical storms, consistent with previous paleogeographic reconstructions. Storm events probably brought nutrients into the environment and contributed to the rapid burial and preservation of macrofossils. The Shibantan limestones thus provide another example of a massflow-related taphonomic window for the Ediacaran organisms that is comparable to the fossil preservation style in the Ediacaran siliciclastic rocks. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Carbonate ramp; Hummocky cross-stratification; Sedimentary facies; Shibantan Member; Storm deposit
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carbonate ramp; Ediacaran; facies; spatial variation; storm deposit; stratification; tempestite; Three Gorges
来源期刊	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/150533
作者单位	School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiao Q.,She Z.,Wang G.,et al. Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area; South China[J],2020,547.
APA	Xiao Q..,She Z..,Wang G..,Li Y..,Ouyang G..,...&Du Y..(2020).Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area; South China.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,547.
MLA	Xiao Q.,et al."Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area; South China".Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 547(2020).