Middle-Upper Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Positive Carbon Isotope Excursions in the Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoclimate

Cunge Liu; Guorong Li; Dawei Wang; Yongli Liu; Mingxia Luo; Xiaoming Shao

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Cunge Liu, Guorong Li, Dawei Wang, Yongli Liu, Mingxia Luo, Xiaoming Shao. Middle-Upper Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Positive Carbon Isotope Excursions in the Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoclimate. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(2): 317-328. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0696-2

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Cunge Liu, Guorong Li, Dawei Wang, Yongli Liu, Mingxia Luo, Xiaoming Shao. Middle-Upper Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Positive Carbon Isotope Excursions in the Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoclimate. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(2): 317-328. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0696-2

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Cunge Liu, Guorong Li, Dawei Wang, Yongli Liu, Mingxia Luo, Xiaoming Shao. Middle-Upper Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Positive Carbon Isotope Excursions in the Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoclimate. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(2): 317-328. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0696-2

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Middle-Upper Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Positive Carbon Isotope Excursions in the Northern Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Implications for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoclimate

doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0696-2

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State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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Institute of Exploration and Development, Northwest Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Urumqi 830011, China
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Institute of DeepSea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China

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Corresponding author: Cunge Liu, liucunge@163.com
Received Date: 03 Nov 2014
Accepted Date: 06 May 2015
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2016

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Three positive carbon isotope excursions are reported from Middle–Upper Ordovician in Tahe oil-gas field, northern Tarim Basin. Based on conodont biostratigraphy, the Middle Darriwilian Isotope Carbon Excursion (MDICE) and the Guttenberg Carbon Isotope Excursion (GICE) are identified from Darriwilian to Early Katian by the aid of whole-rock carbon isotope data from two well cores. Positive excursion within conodont Pygodus anserinus zone is developed in Early Sandbian, and the fluctuation range is no less than MDICE. Because the range of this excursion in the generalized global carbon isotope curve is short, previous studies paid little attention to it, and named Early Sandbian Isotope Carbon Excursion (ESICE) in this paper. Furthermore, these positive excursions are not directly related to sea level fluctuations and the MDICE and GICE identified in northern Tarim can be globally correlated to that in southern China, North America, South America, and Europe. The Saergan Fm. source rocks of Middle-Upper Ordovician in Kalpin Dawangou outcrop are in accord with the geologic time of MDICE and ESICE, and GICE have strong ties to the source rock of Lianglitag Fm. in basin. Abundant organic carbon burial is an important factor in genesis of positive isotope carbon excursions. Positive oxygen isotope excursion, conodont fauna turnover, decreased conodont total diversity, and the change of sedimentary facies indicated that dramatic changes of paleoceanographic environment of Early-Middle Ordovician in Tarim Basin started from the end of Darriwillian, and an obvious icehouse climate of Late Ordovician occurred in ESICE.
- Tarim basin,
- Tahe oil-gas field,
- Darriwilian,
- Sandbian,
- Katian,
- carbon isotope,
- paleoclimate,
- source rock

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