THE LOWER CAMBRIAN NIUTITANG FORMATION AT YANGTIAO (GUIZHOU, SW CHINA): ORGANIC MATTER ENRICHMENT, SOURCE ROCK POTENTIAL, AND HYDROTHERMAL INFLUENCES

• Published in: Journal of petroleum geology Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 411 - 432
• Main Authors: Liu, Z. H., Zhuang, X. G., Teng, G. E., Xie, X. M., Yin, L. M., Bian, L. Z., Feng, Q. L., Algeo, T. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: black shale; chert; Geological time; Hydrocarbons; Lower Cambrian; Niutitang Formation; organic carbon; source rock; South China; trace metals; China, People's Rep., Guizhou Prov

Organic‐rich marine black shales and cherts of latest Proterozoic to earliest Cambrian age are widespread in South China. In this study, 70 samples of the Early Cambrian basal Niutitang Formation from Yangtiao (Guizhou Province, SW China) were analysed using organic and inorganic elemental and isoto...