Cyclostratigraphy of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary sections in South China

doi:10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.12.1

Abstract

Abstract:

The Devonian/Carboniferous transition is one of the most important intervals in Earth’s history characterized by the greenhouse-icehouse transition and mass extinction. To understand this event, an accurate and high-resolution geochronological framework is needed. In this paper, high-resolution magnetic susceptibility is used as the paleoclimate proxy to study the cyclostratigraphy of the deep-water sequences across the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary (DCB) in the Muhua II and Daposhang sections, Changshun County, Guizhou Province, and the Duli section, Nandan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The sedimentary cycles with thicknesses of 1.09-2.39 m, 0.29-0.73 m, and 0.18-0.51 m were interpreted as short eccentricity, obliquity, and precession cycles, respectively. After astronomical calibration of short eccentricity to 100 ka, the obliquity and precession periods of late Devonian were estimated to be 27.2-32.2 ka and 15-20.9 ka, respectively. The conodont zones and Hangenberg Crisis near the DCB were constrained by the newly constructed astronomical time scale in combination with the published U-Pb radioactive isotope age. The new DCB age, constrained by high-precision cyclostratigraphic correlation among different sections, was estimated to be 359.58±1.9 Ma.

Key words: orbital cycles, Floating astronomical time scale, Devonian/Carboniferous boundary, Hangenberg Crisis

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LI Shan, WU Huaichun, FANG Qiang, XU Junjie, SHI Meinan. Cyclostratigraphy of the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary sections in South China[J]. Earth Science Frontiers, 2022, 29(3): 329-339.

Figures/Tables 8

Fig.1 Geological setting of the studied sections

Fig.2 Cyclostratigraphic analysis of the Muhua Ⅱ section

Fig.3 Cyclostratigraphic analysis of the Daposhang section

Fig.4 Cyclostratigraphic analysis of the Duli section

Table 1 Earth’s orbital period and ratio during the Late Devonian

长偏心率/ka	短偏心率/ka		斜率/ka	岁差/ka		轨道参数周期比例	文献来源
405	130	98.6	34.6	23.0	17.4	23.3∶7.5∶5.7∶2.0∶1.3∶1	Waltham等^[58]
405	130	98.6	31.6	21.1	20.3	19.9∶6.4∶4.9∶1.6∶1.0∶1	Berger等^[59]
405	130	100	34	22.1	17.8	22.7∶7.2∶5.6∶1.9∶1.2∶1	Ma等^[61]

Fig.5 Spectral analysis of the astronomically calibrated MS series of the studied sections

Fig.6 The floating astronomical time scale for the D/Cboundary in South China

Table 2 Astrochronological calibrated duration (in ka) of conodont zones of three studied sections

化石带	牙形类化石带的持续时间/ka
化石带	睦化II	大坡上	度里
Si. duplicata	54.1	30.7	10
Si. bransoni	32.1	17.6	15
Si. sulcata	41.2	38.2	23.3
Pr. kockeli	35.1	20.6	27
ckI	32.4	35.4	45.8

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