Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Deposits in a Channel Complex in the Northern South China Sea

Benjun Ma; Shiguo Wu; Lijun Mi; Thomas Lüdmann; Jinwei Gao; Wei Gao

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Benjun Ma, Shiguo Wu, Lijun Mi, Thomas Lüdmann, Jinwei Gao, Wei Gao. Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Deposits in a Channel Complex in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(3): 707-720. doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0830-4

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Benjun Ma, Shiguo Wu, Lijun Mi, Thomas Lüdmann, Jinwei Gao, Wei Gao. Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Deposits in a Channel Complex in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2018, 29(3): 707-720. doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0830-4

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Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Deposits in a Channel Complex in the Northern South China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s12583-018-0830-4

Benjun Ma^1,2,3,
Shiguo Wu^{2,3,4
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Lijun Mi⁵,
Thomas Lüdmann⁶,
Jinwei Gao²,
Wei Gao^1,3

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Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Georesources and Prospecting, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Functional Laboratory for Marine Geology and Environment, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
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Shenzhen Branch, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Guangzhou 510420, China
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Institute of Geology, Centre for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany

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Corresponding author: Shiguo Wu, swu@idsse.ac.cn
Received Date: 28 May 2017
Accepted Date: 22 Sep 2017
Publish Date: 01 Jun 2018

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New high-resolution 3D seismic data image a submarine channel complex in the northern slope of the South China Sea. The channel complex stretches hundreds of kilometers across the slope and flows into the deepsea from the siliciclastic shelf margin, linking neritic environment to the pelagic plain. The evolution of the channel complex developed two sedimentary stages, stage Ⅰ (19.1–18.5 Ma) and stage Ⅱ (18.5–17.5 Ma), separated by erosional surfaces. In the first stage, the complex was filled with pure siliciclastic sediments, forming thick-massive sandstone intercalated by thin layers of mudstone. During the stage Ⅱ, the channel complex was deposited five carbonate-siliciclastic cycles. The unexpected channel-fill carbonate deposits present allochthonous characteristics, suggesting the siliciclastic channel was surprisingly used to transport carbonate sediment from the adjacent neritic carbonate platform. By analyzing the periodical carbonate sedimentary process in the siliciclastic channel complex, we infer that it was related to the in situ carbonate production of the neritic carbonate platform and was most likely to be controlled by the relative sea-level changes. Unlike line-source carbonate slope aprons or small-sized carbonate channels, the large-sized siliciclastic channel complex links directly neritic carbonate platform to deepwater basin and can transport large volumes of neritic carbonates to the pelagic environment in a short period. The new findings help to estimate the contributions of neritic siliciclastic shelf and carbonate platform to deepwater slope more accurately. This study suggests that channel systems are more complex than expected and have significant implications on the conceptual models describing the deepwater sedimentary theory.
- submarine channels,
- mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposits,
- allochthonous carbonate,
- sediment flux,
- sedimentology,
- South China Sea

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