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Sedimentary Features and Paleogeographic Evolution of the Middle Permian Trough Basin in Zunyi, Guizhou, South China

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Based on detailed field surveys, numerous sections and drillcores as well as analyses of lithofacies and sedimentary facies, sedimentary differentiation in the Middle Permian Zunyi (northern Guizhou, South China) trough basin was studied in detail. Caused by activities of the Emeishan mantle plume, the regional extensional setting and the extinguishing of carbonate production factories were shown from Guizhou to Yunnan. Three types of sedimentary enironments were developed in the study area: platform, slope, and basin. In this work, we established a sedimentary model for the study area, identified 14 syndepositional faults, and created the detailed reconstruction of the trough basin via a sedimentological investigation. It is found that the paleogeographic evolution of the study area can be divided into six stages: (1) a pre-rifting stage, (2) rapid rifting and subsidence, (3) stable rifting and subsidence, (4) the second stage of rifting and subsidence, (5) silicification, and (6) regional uplift and denudation. The sedimentary features and paleogeographic evolution of the Maokou Formation in Zunyi show that the platform, slope, and basin sedimentary features coexisted. In addition, the extensional setting and extinguishing of carbonate production factories were important preconditions for the evolution of the platform region in the study area, and the activity of syndepositional faults also played an important role in the paleogeographic evolution of this area.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Young Talent Funding of Guizhou Province (No. 2019–5654), the China Geological Survey (CGS) (No. DD20190159-16), the Guizhou Science Innovation Team Project (No. 2018–5618), the Natural Science Funding of Guizhou (Nos. 2019–2868 and 2019–2951) and the Research Funding of Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development (No. 2016-3), the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration and Development Major Research Project of Guizhou Province (Guizhou Geology and Mining Sci-Coop [2021]03), the Science and Technology Plan Project of Guizhou Province (Guizhou Sci-Zhongyindi No. [2021]4027), the Prospecting Breakthrough Strategic Action Major Collaborative Innovation Project of Guizhou Province (No. 2022[ZD003]). The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1406-2

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  1. School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China

    Zhichen Liu & Qi Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Zhichen Liu & Ke Liu

  3. 102 Geological Party, Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Zunyi, 563099, China

    Zhichen Liu, Yang Wang, Deng Chen, Yunming Chen & Lin Xiao

  4. Innovation Center of Ore Resources Exploration Technology in the Region of Bedrock, Ministry of Natural Resources, Guiyang, 550004, China

    Zhichen Liu, Qi Zhou, Yang Wang, Deng Chen, Yunming Chen & Lin Xiao

  5. Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, Guiyang, 550004, China

    Qi Zhou

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Liu, Z., Zhou, Q., Liu, K. et al. Sedimentary Features and Paleogeographic Evolution of the Middle Permian Trough Basin in Zunyi, Guizhou, South China. J. Earth Sci. 34, 1803–1815 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-021-1406-2

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