U-Pb zircon age of the base of the Ediacaran System at the southern margin of the Qinling Orogen

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摘要 GlobalabruptclimatechangefromMarinoansnowballEarthtogreenhouseEarth,recordedascapcar-bonateoverlainondiamictite,hadshedthefirstlightonCambrianbio-radiation.Themostdocumentedcapcar-bonatesectionsaretypicalwithcomprehensiveδ13Cneg-ativevaluesandubiquitoussedimentarystructures,suchastepee-like,sheet-cracketc.,whichareassociatedwithsuccessiveglacialeustaticvariationcausedbyisostaticreboundinshallow-waterfacies.Herewereportadeep-waterbasinalcapcarbonatesectionwithstrongnegativeδ13CvaluesinthesouthernmarginoftheQinlingOrogen,Heyu,ChengkouCounty,ChongqinginChina,whichconsistsofmassivedolostonewithabundantcarbonaceouslaminae.However,itlacksthesedimentarystructureasmentionedaboveandisoverlainbythin-beddedsiliciousshalesandcherts.AK-bentonitebedwasdiscoveredwithinthebaseofcapcarbonates,about0.7mabovethetopoftheMarinoandiamictite.Magmaticzirconsthatweresep-aratedfromtheK-bentonitebedyieldaSIMSconcordiaU-Pbageof634.14-1.9Ma(lσ,MSWDcE=0.31,ProbabilityCE=1.000,n-=20).TheageisingoodagreementwithpreviouslyreportedTIMSU-PbagesfortheterminationofMarinoanglaciationandprovidesageochronologicalconstraintfortheEdiacaransuccessionsintheQinlingOrogen.
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出版日期 2018年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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