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1.Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
2.Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao 266237, China
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RAHMAN Naveed Ur,ZHANG Xunhua,GUO Xingwei,et al.Late Carboniferous–Early Permian paleoenvironmental evolution of the South Yellow Sea Basin: insights from integrated petrography, mineralogy, and geochemical proxies[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,
RAHMAN Naveed Ur,ZHANG Xunhua,GUO Xingwei,et al.Late Carboniferous–Early Permian paleoenvironmental evolution of the South Yellow Sea Basin: insights from integrated petrography, mineralogy, and geochemical proxies[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, DOI:.
The Late Carboniferous–Early Permian was a period of profound paleoenvironmental transformation
yet the depositional response in the South Yellow Sea Basin (SYSB) on the eastern South China Block remains insufficiently understood. This study integrates petrographic
mineralogical (XRD)
and geochemical (major and trace element) data from Well CSDP-2 to reconstruct
palaeoweathering
paleoclimate
redox conditions
salinity
terrigenous influx
and paleobathymetry across the Chuanshan
Huanglong
and Gaolishan formations. Geochemical proxies—including CIA
Sr/Cu
V/Cr
U/Th
and Sr/Ba—reveal a stratigraphic transition from a high weathering
warm-humid
brackish
high-energy shelf with predominantly oxic conditions (Gaolishan) to weak weathering
cold-arid
deeper marine carbonate platform characterized by more reducing
intermittently anoxic conditions (Chuanshan). Microfacies analysis identifies seven carbonate facies ranging from restricted platform interiors to high-energy shoals. Principal component and cluster analyses delineate mineralogical differentiation aligned with stratigraphic boundaries and depositional environments. These findings document a long-term transgressive trend accompanied by climatic deterioration and evolving redox conditions. This study provides the first integrated
high-resolution reconstruction of Late Paleozoic paleoenvironmental dynamics in the SYSB
offering critical insights into marginal basin evolution during a pivotal interval of global climate change and contributing to broader paleogeographic reconstructions of the South China Block.
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