Paleoenvironmental Controls on Organic Matter Enrichment in Member 4 of the Yingcheng Formation Source Rocks, Xujiaweizi Fault Depression
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Setting
3. Sample and Method
4. Result
5. Discussion
5.1. Paleoclimate
5.2. Paleoredox Conditions
5.3. Paleosalinity
5.4. Paleoproductivity and Paleowater Depth
5.5. Main Controlling Factors and Enrichment Patterns of Organic Matter
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Depth/m | Al2O3 | CaO | Fe2O3 | MnO | P2O5 | K2O | SiO2 | Na2O | TiO2 | MgO | LOI | TOC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3864 | 12.347 | 1.119 | 3.639 | 0.076 | 0.140 | 2.300 | 72.005 | 2.412 | 0.395 | 0.378 | 5.07 | 1.157 |
3874 | 13.076 | 1.138 | 3.784 | 0.065 | 0.099 | 2.973 | 69.151 | 1.958 | 0.496 | 0.484 | 6.09 | 1.464 |
3882 | 9.278 | 4.407 | 2.028 | 0.154 | 0.069 | 1.572 | 73.074 | 2.547 | 0.209 | 0.207 | 5.67 | 1.537 |
3886 | 10.700 | 2.002 | 3.160 | 0.105 | 0.104 | 1.999 | 72.203 | 2.639 | 0.293 | 0.312 | 6.4 | 1.547 |
3892 | 11.085 | 1.652 | 3.257 | 0.102 | 0.082 | 1.924 | 74.721 | 2.364 | 0.309 | 0.328 | 4.06 | 1.611 |
3896 | 14.285 | 1.156 | 4.689 | 0.086 | 0.125 | 3.047 | 67.068 | 2.152 | 0.464 | 0.564 | 6.27 | 1.624 |
3900 | 14.208 | 1.286 | 4.909 | 0.106 | 0.158 | 2.783 | 67.272 | 1.560 | 0.537 | 0.627 | 5.99 | 1.717 |
3904 | 14.623 | 1.035 | 4.722 | 0.092 | 0.133 | 2.938 | 67.488 | 1.582 | 0.534 | 0.522 | 5.91 | 1.761 |
3908 | 12.943 | 1.859 | 4.349 | 0.088 | 0.136 | 2.734 | 66.128 | 2.020 | 0.418 | 0.526 | 8.57 | 1.936 |
3914 | 14.233 | 1.502 | 4.798 | 0.068 | 0.256 | 2.828 | 62.962 | 1.686 | 0.446 | 0.873 | 6.47 | 2.138 |
3918 | 15.797 | 1.411 | 4.956 | 0.112 | 0.687 | 3.229 | 63.345 | 1.525 | 0.554 | 0.572 | 7.76 | 2.189 |
3922 | 14.174 | 1.877 | 5.964 | 0.172 | 0.608 | 2.630 | 60.569 | 1.513 | 0.513 | 0.722 | 10.27 | 2.202 |
3926 | 11.920 | 3.610 | 4.718 | 0.113 | 0.321 | 2.276 | 52.482 | 1.332 | 0.411 | 0.703 | 9.3 | 2.217 |
3928 | 16.671 | 0.892 | 6.445 | 0.158 | 0.411 | 2.881 | 62.173 | 1.506 | 0.585 | 0.581 | 7.54 | 2.316 |
3930 | 15.475 | 0.896 | 5.007 | 0.114 | 0.249 | 3.019 | 66.698 | 1.914 | 0.531 | 0.534 | 5.3 | 2.941 |
3932 | 15.645 | 1.055 | 5.988 | 0.136 | 0.482 | 2.597 | 63.298 | 1.285 | 0.521 | 0.644 | 7.68 | 2.621 |
3934 | 16.450 | 1.391 | 6.914 | 0.187 | 0.757 | 2.859 | 59.056 | 1.158 | 0.542 | 0.615 | 9.76 | 2.664 |
3936 | 16.016 | 1.086 | 5.598 | 0.113 | 0.405 | 2.618 | 63.028 | 1.434 | 0.561 | 0.582 | 8.51 | 2.37 |
3940 | 15.446 | 0.908 | 5.992 | 0.126 | 0.341 | 2.610 | 63.208 | 1.270 | 0.472 | 0.646 | 8.01 | 3.057 |
3944 | 16.764 | 0.682 | 6.456 | 0.143 | 0.283 | 2.921 | 63.392 | 1.455 | 0.552 | 0.683 | 6.54 | 3.888 |
3946 | 13.603 | 3.499 | 8.480 | 0.475 | 4.676 | 2.445 | 56.435 | 1.219 | 0.431 | 0.569 | 8.08 | 3.623 |
3948 | 13.896 | 2.385 | 7.572 | 0.354 | 2.888 | 2.542 | 59.323 | 1.207 | 0.447 | 0.604 | 8.5 | 3.331 |
3950 | 13.978 | 1.001 | 6.191 | 0.207 | 0.413 | 2.466 | 66.479 | 1.417 | 0.428 | 0.641 | 6.63 | 3.411 |
3952 | 13.239 | 2.050 | 7.474 | 0.279 | 1.312 | 2.036 | 63.168 | 1.996 | 0.449 | 0.598 | 7.16 | 3.283 |
3958 | 13.539 | 1.570 | 5.524 | 0.177 | 0.436 | 2.385 | 65.152 | 1.803 | 0.434 | 0.590 | 8.13 | 3.795 |
3964 | 13.031 | 3.831 | 5.555 | 0.299 | 0.211 | 2.163 | 63.057 | 2.599 | 0.358 | 0.452 | 8.19 | 3.849 |
3974 | 11.839 | 2.132 | 5.067 | 0.217 | 1.655 | 2.340 | 65.946 | 2.001 | 0.325 | 0.449 | 7.94 | 3.249 |
3978 | 12.347 | 0.984 | 4.529 | 0.144 | 0.228 | 2.658 | 70.879 | 1.975 | 0.364 | 0.406 | 5.39 | 3.904 |
3982 | 12.187 | 1.438 | 4.841 | 0.168 | 0.234 | 2.673 | 66.909 | 1.955 | 0.390 | 0.408 | 8.3 | 4.34 |
3988 | 12.198 | 1.590 | 4.909 | 0.177 | 0.647 | 2.582 | 66.128 | 2.074 | 0.394 | 0.442 | 8.39 | 3.7 |
Depth/m | V | Cr | Co | Ni | Cu | Zn | Rb | Sr | Ba | Tl | Zr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3864 | 42.739 | 80.314 | 6.687 | 44.996 | 18.311 | 238.942 | 80.798 | 191.760 | 6476.34 | 0.411 | 307.347 |
3874 | 56.822 | 109.889 | 8.232 | 55.859 | 42.284 | 403.588 | 109.048 | 193.425 | 4996.36 | 0.518 | 430.790 |
3882 | 29.727 | 159.291 | 4.973 | 64.440 | 8.674 | 118.500 | 57.042 | 296.462 | 2858.80 | 0.290 | 224.361 |
3886 | 33.774 | 215.684 | 5.812 | 76.715 | 11.118 | 221.671 | 70.099 | 203.080 | 3202.16 | 0.349 | 288.397 |
3892 | 43.460 | 179.460 | 7.151 | 44.283 | 13.425 | 199.663 | 89.270 | 259.848 | 3333.77 | 0.378 | 389.909 |
3896 | 56.259 | 260.888 | 8.884 | 87.289 | 17.781 | 453.338 | 112.404 | 188.823 | 3116.40 | 0.602 | 451.143 |
3900 | 45.127 | 141.901 | 6.778 | 44.603 | 16.813 | 152.801 | 138.314 | 139.415 | 875.395 | 0.639 | 515.124 |
3904 | 51.064 | 150.274 | 7.242 | 55.354 | 15.064 | 181.435 | 137.518 | 149.053 | 1462.52 | 0.665 | 523.618 |
3908 | 59.889 | 203.673 | 8.740 | 88.476 | 39.254 | 1390.16 | 120.334 | 217.816 | 5547.32 | 0.611 | 417.616 |
3914 | 109.521 | 147.103 | 9.640 | 59.875 | 48.449 | 218.342 | 162.887 | 344.020 | 36215.7 | 0.871 | 518.533 |
3918 | 76.067 | 147.926 | 9.010 | 59.356 | 31.663 | 199.870 | 133.833 | 211.749 | 10497.3 | 0.688 | 511.265 |
3922 | 91.875 | 95.895 | 8.350 | 46.209 | 34.648 | 322.322 | 129.653 | 293.510 | 21615.3 | 0.678 | 410.782 |
3926 | 100.073 | 71.921 | 8.668 | 32.807 | 42.458 | 344.780 | 135.677 | 330.324 | 36611.7 | 0.720 | 449.687 |
3928 | 83.202 | 93.965 | 10.414 | 43.506 | 23.060 | 183.658 | 191.068 | 165.701 | 1418.44 | 0.993 | 608.260 |
3930 | 68.585 | 135.635 | 9.204 | 50.311 | 18.855 | 154.762 | 139.780 | 193.526 | 2419.64 | 0.718 | 454.832 |
3932 | 84.967 | 108.816 | 10.506 | 41.871 | 44.082 | 217.775 | 185.348 | 220.111 | 13908.3 | 0.919 | 656.552 |
3934 | 61.694 | 74.381 | 8.733 | 37.499 | 24.746 | 145.505 | 176.404 | 143.510 | 2375.02 | 0.889 | 558.146 |
3936 | 67.006 | 123.318 | 7.979 | 43.975 | 19.558 | 146.629 | 153.910 | 150.000 | 3687.58 | 0.781 | 558.093 |
3940 | 63.764 | 72.553 | 8.181 | 36.082 | 24.701 | 182.311 | 157.396 | 133.528 | 3509.11 | 0.795 | 531.088 |
3944 | 67.013 | 77.834 | 9.092 | 38.812 | 21.288 | 233.983 | 186.329 | 133.418 | 2018.94 | 0.964 | 805.111 |
3946 | 58.552 | 62.747 | 7.159 | 42.844 | 19.114 | 187.414 | 155.761 | 172.364 | 1735.02 | 0.824 | 646.350 |
3948 | 97.068 | 113.915 | 10.892 | 50.544 | 35.604 | 249.395 | 239.318 | 196.531 | 3762.82 | 1.203 | 1017.93 |
3950 | 54.444 | 70.604 | 6.958 | 36.246 | 18.771 | 149.909 | 144.754 | 107.913 | 1312.97 | 0.709 | 580.941 |
3952 | 55.133 | 100.060 | 7.948 | 43.717 | 16.716 | 155.585 | 112.972 | 139.928 | 1061.51 | 0.593 | 466.813 |
3958 | 46.919 | 73.794 | 7.005 | 33.993 | 16.921 | 228.634 | 126.191 | 154.198 | 5815.73 | 0.622 | 539.038 |
3964 | 26.997 | 154.450 | 7.751 | 56.721 | 18.899 | 172.167 | 99.201 | 225.349 | 12198.2 | 0.503 | 672.436 |
3974 | 45.467 | 147.907 | 9.201 | 57.059 | 32.015 | 255.454 | 120.342 | 244.367 | 17522.6 | 0.617 | 522.198 |
3978 | 24.280 | 164.127 | 4.797 | 59.430 | 11.140 | 139.155 | 81.320 | 84.536 | 1353.26 | 0.397 | 465.007 |
3982 | 45.527 | 126.649 | 9.999 | 64.923 | 40.783 | 303.407 | 120.103 | 173.229 | 9256.54 | 0.794 | 557.539 |
3988 | 48.239 | 80.204 | 6.067 | 42.622 | 32.738 | 203.407 | 100.461 | 197.151 | 9835.17 | 0.582 | 443.952 |
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Wang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, X.; Li, Y.; Hou, Y.; Sun, L.; Yang, L.; Xu, J. Paleoenvironmental Controls on Organic Matter Enrichment in Member 4 of the Yingcheng Formation Source Rocks, Xujiaweizi Fault Depression. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 3321. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063321
Wang Z, Zhang Y, Yu X, Li Y, Hou Y, Sun L, Yang L, Xu J. Paleoenvironmental Controls on Organic Matter Enrichment in Member 4 of the Yingcheng Formation Source Rocks, Xujiaweizi Fault Depression. Applied Sciences. 2025; 15(6):3321. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063321
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Zeqiang, Yunfeng Zhang, Xuntao Yu, Yilin Li, Yanhua Hou, Lidong Sun, Liang Yang, and Jinshuang Xu. 2025. "Paleoenvironmental Controls on Organic Matter Enrichment in Member 4 of the Yingcheng Formation Source Rocks, Xujiaweizi Fault Depression" Applied Sciences 15, no. 6: 3321. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063321
APA StyleWang, Z., Zhang, Y., Yu, X., Li, Y., Hou, Y., Sun, L., Yang, L., & Xu, J. (2025). Paleoenvironmental Controls on Organic Matter Enrichment in Member 4 of the Yingcheng Formation Source Rocks, Xujiaweizi Fault Depression. Applied Sciences, 15(6), 3321. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15063321