Sedimentation Characteristic and Carbon Isotope Composition in Late Paleoproterozoic Xingditage Group in Quruqtagh Region of
The Xingditage Group in the Quruqtagh region of Xinjiang is considered as the Late Paleoproterozoic stratigraphy whose age is 2 063.28 Ma to 2 321.4 Ma from Pb isotopic dating. The carbon isotopic composition of marble of the Xinge’er Formation of Xingditage Group shows that its carbon isotopic composition ranges from 5.15‰ PDB to -0.79‰ PDB, and most carbon isotopic data distribute in 2‰ PDB, much different from δ13Ccarb composition (0‰~1‰ PDB) in early Middle Proterozoic(1 600~1 400 Ma). Therefore, the authors suggest that the Xinge’er Formation of Xingditage Group belongs to Late Paleoproterozoic in age.