The Rabeignathus bucaramangus fauna was recently found from the limestone beds of the top part of the elastics-dominated Dingjiazhai Formation in the Aluotian section, southern Baoshan Block, western Yunnan. With Rabe...The Rabeignathus bucaramangus fauna was recently found from the limestone beds of the top part of the elastics-dominated Dingjiazhai Formation in the Aluotian section, southern Baoshan Block, western Yunnan. With Rabeignathus bucaramangus as the dominant species, this fauna includes Rabeignathus bucaramangus (Rabe), Homeoiranognathus huecoensis (Ritter), Sweetognathus inomatus Ritter, Sweetognathus whitei (Rhodes), Mesogondolella cf. bisselli (Clark and Behnken) and a few of ramiform elements. The characteristies of the fauna suggest that it can be correlated with the upper part of the Sweetognathus whitei Zone and assigned to the Middle Artinskian.展开更多
The study presents integrated palynofacies,organic carbon isotope,and biomarker data to reconstruct palaeoenviromental setting for the Permian sediments(borehole MGK-6)of the Kachinapalli block of the Godavari Valley ...The study presents integrated palynofacies,organic carbon isotope,and biomarker data to reconstruct palaeoenviromental setting for the Permian sediments(borehole MGK-6)of the Kachinapalli block of the Godavari Valley Coalfield,southern India.The palynofacies data reveal three distinct palynofacies(A-C)as follows.Palynofacies A is dominated by abundant arborescent vegetation(glossopterids and conifers)along with structured organic matter,suggesting freshwater forest swamps in proximal settings.Palynofacies B is dominated by abundant degraded organic matter and amorphous organic matter,suggesting lakeshore/flooded palaeomires in slightly dismal settings.It has a high water level in the hinterland,which enables bacterial degradation of organic matter and establishes low-oxygenation conditions within the water column.These conditions would have provided grounds for the accumulation of either degraded or amorphous organic matter.Palynofacies C is dominated by the abundance of charcoal/opaque phytoclasts,indicating prolonged transportation or postdepositional alteration,suggesting a highly-oxidizing condition in distal settings.The bulk organic δ^(13)C range(-25.1‰ to-20.9‰)in the borehole MGK-6 is in close agreement with the global Permian records.This study also shows a weak but statistically significant correlation with the major forms of palynofacies A and C.The interlinked behaviour of bulk organic δ^(13)C and palynofacies suggests that the changes in palaeobiogeography/palaeodepositional settings were most likely driven by the change in mean annual precipitation.The biomarker study shows the presence of n-alkane from C_(15) to C_(31) with unimodal and bimodal distribution patterns,revealing the source materials as vascular plants and microbially-altered organic matter.The combined palynofacies,organic carbon isotope,and biomarker data provide vital clue to salient findings for the development of environmental conditions of Godavari Valley Coalfield during lower Gondwana sedimentation.展开更多
The Permian Artinskian age of the Longyin Formation is indicated by the appearanceof the ammonoid Popanoceras fauna at its lowermost part. The upper Maping Formationin South China should include all the Sakmarin depos...The Permian Artinskian age of the Longyin Formation is indicated by the appearanceof the ammonoid Popanoceras fauna at its lowermost part. The upper Maping Formationin South China should include all the Sakmarin deposit at least.展开更多
基金This work is suppoged by the National Natural Science Foundadon of China(Grant No.40232024)Chinese Geological Survey(Grant No.200313000054).
文摘The Rabeignathus bucaramangus fauna was recently found from the limestone beds of the top part of the elastics-dominated Dingjiazhai Formation in the Aluotian section, southern Baoshan Block, western Yunnan. With Rabeignathus bucaramangus as the dominant species, this fauna includes Rabeignathus bucaramangus (Rabe), Homeoiranognathus huecoensis (Ritter), Sweetognathus inomatus Ritter, Sweetognathus whitei (Rhodes), Mesogondolella cf. bisselli (Clark and Behnken) and a few of ramiform elements. The characteristies of the fauna suggest that it can be correlated with the upper part of the Sweetognathus whitei Zone and assigned to the Middle Artinskian.
基金funded by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences,Department of Science and Technology,Lucknow,India(BSIP/RDCC/Publication no.63)。
文摘The study presents integrated palynofacies,organic carbon isotope,and biomarker data to reconstruct palaeoenviromental setting for the Permian sediments(borehole MGK-6)of the Kachinapalli block of the Godavari Valley Coalfield,southern India.The palynofacies data reveal three distinct palynofacies(A-C)as follows.Palynofacies A is dominated by abundant arborescent vegetation(glossopterids and conifers)along with structured organic matter,suggesting freshwater forest swamps in proximal settings.Palynofacies B is dominated by abundant degraded organic matter and amorphous organic matter,suggesting lakeshore/flooded palaeomires in slightly dismal settings.It has a high water level in the hinterland,which enables bacterial degradation of organic matter and establishes low-oxygenation conditions within the water column.These conditions would have provided grounds for the accumulation of either degraded or amorphous organic matter.Palynofacies C is dominated by the abundance of charcoal/opaque phytoclasts,indicating prolonged transportation or postdepositional alteration,suggesting a highly-oxidizing condition in distal settings.The bulk organic δ^(13)C range(-25.1‰ to-20.9‰)in the borehole MGK-6 is in close agreement with the global Permian records.This study also shows a weak but statistically significant correlation with the major forms of palynofacies A and C.The interlinked behaviour of bulk organic δ^(13)C and palynofacies suggests that the changes in palaeobiogeography/palaeodepositional settings were most likely driven by the change in mean annual precipitation.The biomarker study shows the presence of n-alkane from C_(15) to C_(31) with unimodal and bimodal distribution patterns,revealing the source materials as vascular plants and microbially-altered organic matter.The combined palynofacies,organic carbon isotope,and biomarker data provide vital clue to salient findings for the development of environmental conditions of Godavari Valley Coalfield during lower Gondwana sedimentation.
文摘The Permian Artinskian age of the Longyin Formation is indicated by the appearanceof the ammonoid Popanoceras fauna at its lowermost part. The upper Maping Formationin South China should include all the Sakmarin deposit at least.