Lower Ordovician carbon isotope excursion in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area and its genetic analysis

ZHANG Baomin; CHEN Xiaohong; ZHOU Peng; LI Zhihong; PENG Zhongqin; ZENG Xiongwei

2017 Vol. 36, No. 5

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ZHANG Baomin, CHEN Xiaohong, ZHOU Peng, LI Zhihong, PENG Zhongqin, ZENG Xiongwei. Lower Ordovician carbon isotope excursion in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area and its genetic analysis[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(5): 792-799.

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ZHANG Baomin, CHEN Xiaohong, ZHOU Peng, LI Zhihong, PENG Zhongqin, ZENG Xiongwei. Lower Ordovician carbon isotope excursion in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area and its genetic analysis[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2017, 36(5): 792-799.

Lower Ordovician carbon isotope excursion in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area and its genetic analysis

Wuhan Center of Geological Survey, CGS, Wuhan 430223, Hubei, China

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Corresponding author: ZHOU Peng, zhoupeng_01@126.com

Received Date: 12 August 2016

Revised Date: 01 December 2016

Publish Date: 25 May 2017

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The carbon stable isotope curve was constructed in this paper from the Huanghuachang sections of Lower Ordovician in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area.δ¹³C data demonstrate that there existed two δ¹³C positive excursions (C1, C3) and two negative excursions (C2, C4), all of which are comparable in the global scale.Based on the sedimentary sequence characteristics of Lower Or-dovician in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, the authors observed that the curve of δ¹³C is coincident with the curve of the regional sea-level fluctuations.This study indicates that the geochemistry as well as the sequences was well controlled by the sea level changes.
- stable carbon isotope /
- sea-leval changes /
- Lower Ordovician /
- eastern Yangtze Gorges area

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