Provenance of Central Canyon in the Upper Miocene tothe Pliocene in the Qiongdongnan Basin

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  • 1.Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources,Gansu Province/ Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources Research,Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China;
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China;
    3.CNOOC Research Institute,Beijing 100027,China

Received date: 2017-07-08

  Revised date: 2017-09-06

  Online published: 2017-10-10

Abstract

In this paper,trace and Rare Earth Elements(REE),heavy mineral data and detrital zircon U-Pb ages were used to determine the provenance of Central Canyon in the Upper Miocene to the Pliocene in the Qiongdongnan Basin.The results show that the total REE contents range from 168.10×10-6 to 218.79×10-6,with a mean value of 191.01×10-6,whereas the samples show values similar to those of PAAS and higher than that of UCC.These sandstone samples are characterized by the enrichment of Light Rare Earth Elements(LREE),with high ratios of La/Yb=12.99-15.44(Av.14.41),(La/Yb)N=8.76-10.41(Av.9.72) and ∑LREE/∑HREE=3.62-4.24(Av.3.91),a negative Eu anomaly(δEu=Eu/Eu* range from 0.53 to 0.71,average 0.6) and normal amounts of Ce(δCe=Ce/Ce* range from 1.03 to 1.10,average 1.06).Heavy Rare Earth Elements(HREE) show an almost flat distribution,with(Gd/Yb)N ratios ranging from 1.74 to 2.01(average 1.87).The comparison of REE patterns suggest that the sandstones from Central Canyon System were derived from an old upper continental crust mainly composed of felsic igneous source rocks,as also shown by the ratios of Eu/Eu*,La/Sc,La/Co,Th/Sc and Cr/Th and the diagram of La/Th-Hf,La/Sc-Co/Th and Ni-Th×10-V.These characteristics are similar to the felsic igneous source rocks in the Central Vietnam.Zircon,hematite and limonite,and leucoxene are the most frequent heavy mineral and are associated with the sediments in Central Vietnam.The zircon U-Pb ages of sandstone samples from the Central Canyon System have a range of 30-2 600Ma,including four peak groups:100-160Ma,230-250Ma,420-450Ma and 700-1 100Ma.All these characteristics are associated with the zircon U-Pb ages of the felsic igneous source rocks in the Kontum massif in the eastern Indo-china Block.
 

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Yin Na,Yang Hai-zhang,Ma Ming,Zhang Gong-cheng,Lü Cheng-fu,Zhao Zhao,Li Chao . Provenance of Central Canyon in the Upper Miocene tothe Pliocene in the Qiongdongnan Basin[J]. Natural Gas Geoscience, 2017 , 28(10) : 1582 -1592 . DOI: 10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2017.09.006

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