The Pattern of Carbonate Sedimentation and Its Relation to the Evolution of the South China Sea in Cenozoic
详细信息
- 责任者：Fang Nianqiao (School of Ocean Sciences ; China University of Geosciences ; Beijing 100083 ; China) ; Liu Hao
- 刊名：Earth Science Frontiers
- 出版年：2013
- 卷期：20(5
- 关键词：碳酸盐岩 ; carbonate rocks ; 沉积相模式 ; sedimentary facies model ; 构造演化 ; structural evolution ; 南海 ; South China Sea
- 页码：p.227-234
- 图表：5 illus., 24 refs.
- 分类号：0803
- issnNo：ISSN1005-2321
- isbnNo：CN11-3370/P
摘要
The sedimentary system of carbonate from the South China Sea(SCS)is classified into 3patterns and examined respectively in the paper.The evolutionary history of both carbonate platform and pelagic ooze is particularly reviewed with the process of the SCS since the late Oligocene.It is pointed out that 3characteristic phases of the carbonate sedimentation occurred at the Late Oligocene,Miocene and from the end of the Miocene to the present.Among them,the middle Miocene,during which the SCS was arriving on its developing zenith,is a period that can provide tectonically and climatically the best base to the carbonate deposit.Starting from the late Miocene,the SCS met its strong regional subsidence and closer configuration,which resulted in evident decline of both the shallow water and pelagic carbonates.