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<article-title>Geochemistry of siltstones in the North Qilian Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations (Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian): implications for paleoclimate, paleoweathering, and tectonic setting</article-title>
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<surname>Xia</surname>
<given-names>Yu</given-names>
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<surname>Hou</surname>
<given-names>Qian</given-names>
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<surname>Mou</surname>
<given-names>Chuanlong</given-names>
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<institution>Shandong University of Science and Technology</institution>, <addr-line>Qingdao</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>Chengdu Center</institution>, <institution>China Geological Survey (Geosciences Innovation Center of Southwest China)</institution>, <addr-line>Chengdu</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>Key Laboratory for Sedimentary Basin and Oil and Gas Resources</institution>, <institution>Ministry of Natural Resources</institution>, <addr-line>Chengdu</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<bold>Edited by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/938712/overview">Xiao-Ping Xia</ext-link>, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China</p>
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<bold>Reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2573459/overview">A. Ramachandran</ext-link>, V.O. Chidambaram College, India</p>
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<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2031485/overview">Douaa Fathy</ext-link>, Minia University, Egypt</p>
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<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1642085/overview">H. M. Zakir Hossain</ext-link>, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Qian Hou, <email>houqianhqj@126.com</email>
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<day>08</day>
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<year>2024</year>
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<year>2024</year>
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<volume>12</volume>
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<day>08</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<month>03</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<p>The Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian period witnessed the Phanerozoic mass extinction, glacial events, and volcanic events. Paleoweathering indexes chemical index of alteration (CIA), chemical index of weathering (CIW), and plagioclase index of alteration (PIA) indicated that the source area weathering changed from weak to moderate to intense. CIA values in the upper Zhongbao formation ranged from 66.71% to 73.97%, indicating a drier and colder climate. Upward, the CIA values on the bottom of the Mayinggou formation returned to the high value quickly (from 73.86% to 81.31%), suggesting that the ice age ended, the climate became warmer and wetter, and the sea level rose. The Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;(CaO&#x2a;&#x2b;Na<sub>2</sub>O)&#x2013;K<sub>2</sub>O triangular plots, Hf-La/Th, and SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x2013;Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> bivariate plots inferred that the source of the siltstones in the two formations is mostly from the felsic igneous rocks. The samples from the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations have chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns similar to that of the North Qilian volcanic arc rocks. Geochemical discrimination plots displayed that the sediments of the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations came from the active continental margin setting.</p>
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<kwd>clastic sediment geochemistry</kwd>
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<title>1 Introduction</title>
<p>The Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian transition was an important part of Earth&#x2019;s history, which was marked by the Gondwanan glaciation, extinction of life, global environmental change, extensive volcanism, and massive plate movement (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B56">Melchin et al., 2013</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Ran et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Zhou et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">Algeo et al., 2016</xref>). However, most of the research studies about these amazing events are about the stable blocks, while there are few research studies about the orogenic belts (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B67">Ran et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">Ge et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">Lei et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B57">Men et al., 2022</xref>). At the end of the Ordovician, there was evidence of glaciation, which proves the ice sheet in the region of the Gondwana (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B64">Paris et al., 1995</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">Ghienne, 2003</xref>). On the basis of faunal, geochemical, and lithological analysis results from the South China Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian boundary strata, scholars (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B69">Rong and Chen, 1987</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Chen et al., 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Fan et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B59">Mou et al., 2020</xref>) indicated that a brief glaciation existed. According to a series of geochemical features (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B99">Zhang et al., 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yan et al., 2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B101">Zhou et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B103">Zou et al., 2018</xref>), scholars considered those oceanic fluctuations from pneumatorexis to oxygenated to hypoxic water columns and climatic changes from warming to cooling to warming in the Upper Ordovician&#x2013;Lower Silurian. All the above studies were carried out in the Yangtze area, which is consistent with the Hirnantian glaciation in the Gondwanan area. Because of the complicated geological conditions, the North Qilian orogenic belt Ordovician&#x2013;Silurian strata are poorly exposed and discontinuous. The North Qilian Orogen strata of the Hirnantian to Rhuddanian interval have been named the Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">Du et al., 2006</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Bai et al., 2016</xref>). The Shihuigou section is located in the North Qilian Orogen; successive Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Hou et al., 2021</xref>), fresh samples, and exact geochemical date have been obtained to conduct research on the clastic rocks of the Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations. So, it is a suitable section to conduct research on the climatic variation in the North Qilian belt in the Upper Ordovician&#x2013;Lower Silurian transitional stratum.</p>
<p>The temporal relationship between the glaciation and the ocean anoxia is notably a controversial topic. By evaluating the mineralogical, petrological, and the geochemical characteristics of clastic rocks during the Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian transition period, this paper provides a new understanding of the paleoclimate, provenance, redox conditions, and paleoenvironmental changes during the important Ordovician&#x2013;Silurian period. The aim is to find evidence that this glacial period also had an effect on the orogenic belt.</p>
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<title>2 Geological setting</title>
<p>From the Late Ordovician to the Early Silurian, the North Qilian orogenic belt lay on the northern margin of Gondwana (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">Li et al., 2017a</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">b</xref>). In the Early Paleozoic, the North Qilian Ocean was located between the Central Qilian block and the Aras block (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B96">Zhang et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1A</xref>). The southern part of the North Qilian orogenic belt is cut by the middle Qilian fault. The northern Qilian belt is cut off by the Zuolangnanshan fault. The North Qilian orogenic belt is part of the Central orogenic belt of China (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B100">Zheng et al., 2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Dong and Santosh, 2016</xref>). The North Qilian orogenic belt is characterized by ophiolite belts, granite belts, arc-shaped accretionary wedges, and some basic structural units from north to south (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B105">Zuo and Wu, 1997</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B82">Xia et al., 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B73">Song et al., 2009</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 1</label>
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<bold>(A)</bold> Location of the North Qilian belt. <bold>(B)</bold> Simplified geological map showing the distribution of Paleozoic granitoids in the North Qilian and the Alax (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">Song et al., 2013</xref>; Zhang et al., 2017). <bold>(C)</bold> Geological sketch map of the Yongdeng area (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B85">Xu et al., 1994</xref>).</p>
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<p>The Shihuigou section [SHP 36&#xb0;51 &#x27;29 'N, 103&#xb0;13&#x2032; 35&#x2033; E] is the first named location of the Ordovician Zhongbao formation in Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, China. It is located in the eastern part of the North Qilian belt (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1B</xref>). The strata crossing the Upper Ordovician&#x2013;Lower Silurian boundary in the Yongdeng section are Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>). Their ages are well constrained by the biostratigraphic date and the basalt date (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">Feng, 1992</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B80">Xia et al., 1996</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B82">Xia et al., 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B84">Xu et al., 2003</xref>). The Zhongbao formation is composed of clastic rock, chert, volcanic rock, and carbonate rock. The overlying Mayinggou Formation is composed of mudstone and clastic rock (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">Hou et al., 2018a</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">b</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">2021</xref>). The deposition of the Late Ordovician was mainly affected by volcanic ash events and the tectonic collision, and the tectonic setting was a multi-island deep-water basin (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Hou et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
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<label>FIGURE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Stratigraphic, lithological correlations, and paleoweathering indexes of the chemical index of alteration (CIA), plagioclase index of alteration (PIA), and chemical index of weathering (CIW) of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section, North Qilian orogenic, China.</p>
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<title>3 Samples and methodology</title>
<p>A total of 35 clastic sediment samples were collected from Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>). We removed the calcite vein and cleaned the surface soil of all samples. In addition, all samples were packed into plastic bags to prevent contamination and oxidation as much as possible. Analysis of major elements, trace elements, and rare earth elements (REEs) was carried out in the key laboratory of Beijing Institute of Uranium Geology, China National Nuclear Corporation. Detrital samples were crushed and ground in an agate mortar to less than 200 mesh for geochemical analysis. The main elements were analyzed using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (PW2404). The analysis uncertainty is generally less than 2%. The loss on ignition (LOI) of the sample was calculated by heating at 1,000&#xb0;C for 90 min, and the weight loss was recorded. Thirty-five trace elements (including rare earth elements) in 20 clastic samples were analyzed using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), according to Chinese National Standard DZ/T 0223-2001 (2001). The analysis process is described below. First, the powder (25 mg) was digested in a high-pressure resistant beaker containing a mixture of hydrofluoric acid (HF)&#x2013;nitric acid (HNO<sub>3</sub>) (1:1), heated at 80&#xb0;C for 36 h, and evaporated. The solution was then evaporated until dry, and 1.5 mL HF, 1.5 mL HNO<sub>3</sub>, and 0.5 mL HCLO<sub>4</sub> were added. The beaker containing the solution was then covered and digested in an oven at 190&#xb0;C for at least 48 h. Finally, the solution was diluted to 50 mL with 1% HNO<sub>3</sub> for analysis. Trace elements were determined using the Thermo Scientific ELEMENT XRICP-MS instrument at 20&#xb0;C and 30% relative humidity. The analysis uncertainty is generally less than 5%.</p>
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<title>4 Results</title>
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<title>4.1 Petrology</title>
<p>In total, 34 siltstone samples and 1 chert sample were selected from Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section for thin-section analyses. In O<sub>2-3</sub>z (Zhongbao Formation) and S<sub>1</sub>m (Mayinggou Formation) siltstone, the thin section shows that the mineral constituent of this outcrop consisted of clay minerals, quartz, and few micas (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>). The color of outcrop siltstone is celadon. The bed thickness varies from 6 cm to 30 cm, but most are between 20 and 25 cm thick. The siltstone layer is fresh and has a typical pyroclastic structure without a sedimentary structure. The siltstones are composed of quartz (30%&#x2013;60%) and clay mineral (40%&#x2013;60%). The quartz grains have mostly subangular shapes and sizes between 50 and 450 &#x3bc;m.</p>
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<label>FIGURE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Macrophotographs and photomicrographs of the siltstone texture in Shihuigou sections from the Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations. <bold>(A&#x2013;C)</bold> Macroscopic characteristics of siltstones. <bold>(D&#x2013;F)</bold> Microscopic characteristics of siltstones. Qm, monocrystalline quartz; Qp, polycrystalline.</p>
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<title>4.2 Geochemistry</title>
<sec id="s4-2-1">
<title>4.2.1 Major element characteristics</title>
<p>Concentrations of major elements in samples from the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations are listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>. For the siltstones in the Zhongbao Formation, SiO<sub>2</sub> (55.37%&#x2013;77.68%) and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (8.41%&#x2013;17.12%) are the most abundant oxides. The content of chemical components in the study sample is compared with post-Archean average shale (PAAS) values (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). The comparison shows that the clastic sediments of the Zhongbao Formation had low SiO<sub>2</sub> content, which was similar to that in Paleozoic greywacke (66.1%). However, it is significantly lower than typical feldspar (77.1%) and quartz sandstone (91.5%) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Fedo et al., 1995</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Cullers and Podkovyrov, 2000</xref>). The main elements of the Zhongbao Formation changed little and were relatively stable. Most samples had high contents of K<sub>2</sub>O (1.41%&#x2013;4.17%, average &#x3d; 2.16%) and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (8.41%&#x2013;17.12%, average &#x3d; 13.09%), suggesting the high content of clay mineral. The content of Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
<sup>T</sup>, TiO<sub>2</sub>, and MgO is negatively correlated with the content of SiO<sub>2</sub>, which indicated that the unstable component content in the sandstones in the siltstones decreases gradually with the increase in maturity of sandstone.</p>
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<label>TABLE 1</label>
<caption>
<p>Concentrations of major elements in clastic rock from the Shihuigou section, North Qilian belt.</p>
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<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Sample</th>
<th align="center">SiO<sub>2</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">MgO</th>
<th align="center">CaO</th>
<th align="center">NaO<sub>2</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">K<sub>2</sub>O</th>
<th align="center">MnO</th>
<th align="center">TiO<sub>2</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>
</th>
<th align="center">Loss on ignition (LOI)</th>
<th align="center">FeO</th>
<th align="center">Chemical index of alteration (CIA)</th>
<th align="center">Plagioclase index of alteration (PIA)</th>
<th align="center">Chemical index of weathering (CIW)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B16</td>
<td align="center">71.06</td>
<td align="center">12.14</td>
<td align="center">4.4</td>
<td align="center">2.09</td>
<td align="center">1.6</td>
<td align="center">3.03</td>
<td align="center">1.66</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">0.56</td>
<td align="center">0.15</td>
<td align="center">3.16</td>
<td align="center">3.87</td>
<td align="center">65.87</td>
<td align="center">69.36</td>
<td align="center">72.39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B17</td>
<td align="center">67.88</td>
<td align="center">13.66</td>
<td align="center">5.32</td>
<td align="center">2.56</td>
<td align="center">1.62</td>
<td align="center">2.5</td>
<td align="center">2.54</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">0.62</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">3.09</td>
<td align="center">4.7</td>
<td align="center">67.22</td>
<td align="center">72.97</td>
<td align="center">76.83</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B18</td>
<td align="center">71.01</td>
<td align="center">11.86</td>
<td align="center">5.01</td>
<td align="center">2.38</td>
<td align="center">1.56</td>
<td align="center">3.13</td>
<td align="center">1.51</td>
<td align="center">0.07</td>
<td align="center">0.63</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">2.68</td>
<td align="center">3.99</td>
<td align="center">65.67</td>
<td align="center">68.82</td>
<td align="center">71.66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B19</td>
<td align="center">70.75</td>
<td align="center">11.86</td>
<td align="center">4.82</td>
<td align="center">2.3</td>
<td align="center">1.94</td>
<td align="center">3.01</td>
<td align="center">1.55</td>
<td align="center">0.08</td>
<td align="center">0.62</td>
<td align="center">0.15</td>
<td align="center">2.81</td>
<td align="center">3.85</td>
<td align="center">64.6</td>
<td align="center">67.56</td>
<td align="center">70.55</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B20</td>
<td align="center">70.41</td>
<td align="center">12.31</td>
<td align="center">4.93</td>
<td align="center">2.39</td>
<td align="center">1.38</td>
<td align="center">2.95</td>
<td align="center">1.99</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.62</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">2.76</td>
<td align="center">3.85</td>
<td align="center">66.08</td>
<td align="center">70.44</td>
<td align="center">73.98</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B21</td>
<td align="center">69.15</td>
<td align="center">13.23</td>
<td align="center">5.05</td>
<td align="center">2.53</td>
<td align="center">1.15</td>
<td align="center">2.42</td>
<td align="center">2.35</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">3.22</td>
<td align="center">3.53</td>
<td align="center">69.09</td>
<td align="center">75.29</td>
<td align="center">78.75</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B22</td>
<td align="center">70.4</td>
<td align="center">13.13</td>
<td align="center">5.01</td>
<td align="center">2.33</td>
<td align="center">0.67</td>
<td align="center">2.8</td>
<td align="center">1.99</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">2.79</td>
<td align="center">3.49</td>
<td align="center">70.61</td>
<td align="center">76.23</td>
<td align="center">79.08</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B23</td>
<td align="center">69.57</td>
<td align="center">11.35</td>
<td align="center">4.39</td>
<td align="center">2.11</td>
<td align="center">3.19</td>
<td align="center">3.04</td>
<td align="center">1.41</td>
<td align="center">0.11</td>
<td align="center">0.53</td>
<td align="center">0.14</td>
<td align="center">4.15</td>
<td align="center">3.24</td>
<td align="center">61.2</td>
<td align="center">63.21</td>
<td align="center">66.24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B24</td>
<td align="center">71.31</td>
<td align="center">12.36</td>
<td align="center">4.64</td>
<td align="center">2.26</td>
<td align="center">1.13</td>
<td align="center">3.05</td>
<td align="center">1.64</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">0.15</td>
<td align="center">2.74</td>
<td align="center">3.29</td>
<td align="center">67.99</td>
<td align="center">71.95</td>
<td align="center">74.73</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B25</td>
<td align="center">55.78</td>
<td align="center">10.17</td>
<td align="center">3.81</td>
<td align="center">1.79</td>
<td align="center">12.29</td>
<td align="center">2.93</td>
<td align="center">1.21</td>
<td align="center">0.26</td>
<td align="center">0.62</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">10.93</td>
<td align="center">3.1</td>
<td align="center">59.98</td>
<td align="center">61.64</td>
<td align="center">64.59</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B26</td>
<td align="center">61.17</td>
<td align="center">16.69</td>
<td align="center">7.04</td>
<td align="center">3.47</td>
<td align="center">0.94</td>
<td align="center">2.88</td>
<td align="center">3</td>
<td align="center">0.09</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">0.2</td>
<td align="center">3.68</td>
<td align="center">5.83</td>
<td align="center">71</td>
<td align="center">78.2</td>
<td align="center">81.39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B27</td>
<td align="center">63.87</td>
<td align="center">10.95</td>
<td align="center">4.51</td>
<td align="center">2.71</td>
<td align="center">5.55</td>
<td align="center">1.49</td>
<td align="center">2.04</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.65</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">7.89</td>
<td align="center">3.35</td>
<td align="center">69.19</td>
<td align="center">75.86</td>
<td align="center">79.43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B28</td>
<td align="center">55.37</td>
<td align="center">8.41</td>
<td align="center">3.05</td>
<td align="center">1.75</td>
<td align="center">14.4</td>
<td align="center">1.37</td>
<td align="center">1.59</td>
<td align="center">0.2</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">0.11</td>
<td align="center">13.29</td>
<td align="center">2.19</td>
<td align="center">66.71</td>
<td align="center">72.34</td>
<td align="center">76.33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B29</td>
<td align="center">77.68</td>
<td align="center">11.26</td>
<td align="center">2.44</td>
<td align="center">1.26</td>
<td align="center">0.33</td>
<td align="center">3.32</td>
<td align="center">1.65</td>
<td align="center">0.02</td>
<td align="center">0.24</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">1.71</td>
<td align="center">1.9</td>
<td align="center">67.99</td>
<td align="center">72.46</td>
<td align="center">75.51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B30</td>
<td align="center">66.89</td>
<td align="center">13.72</td>
<td align="center">5.26</td>
<td align="center">2.65</td>
<td align="center">1.59</td>
<td align="center">2.6</td>
<td align="center">2.31</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.67</td>
<td align="center">0.17</td>
<td align="center">4.02</td>
<td align="center">3.9</td>
<td align="center">67.85</td>
<td align="center">73.14</td>
<td align="center">76.61</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B31</td>
<td align="center">61.43</td>
<td align="center">17.12</td>
<td align="center">6.65</td>
<td align="center">3.39</td>
<td align="center">0.67</td>
<td align="center">1.91</td>
<td align="center">3.73</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">4.01</td>
<td align="center">4.42</td>
<td align="center">73.06</td>
<td align="center">83.83</td>
<td align="center">86.89</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B32</td>
<td align="center">58.84</td>
<td align="center">18.14</td>
<td align="center">7.9</td>
<td align="center">3.74</td>
<td align="center">0.47</td>
<td align="center">1.49</td>
<td align="center">4.17</td>
<td align="center">0.09</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">4.13</td>
<td align="center">6.77</td>
<td align="center">74.76</td>
<td align="center">87.72</td>
<td align="center">90.27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B33</td>
<td align="center">65.42</td>
<td align="center">14.13</td>
<td align="center">6.66</td>
<td align="center">3.69</td>
<td align="center">0.81</td>
<td align="center">1.72</td>
<td align="center">2.44</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">0.21</td>
<td align="center">3.98</td>
<td align="center">4.47</td>
<td align="center">73.97</td>
<td align="center">82.19</td>
<td align="center">84.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B34</td>
<td align="center">69.16</td>
<td align="center">12.19</td>
<td align="center">5.22</td>
<td align="center">3.08</td>
<td align="center">1.56</td>
<td align="center">2.22</td>
<td align="center">1.71</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">0.64</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">3.93</td>
<td align="center">4.02</td>
<td align="center">68.95</td>
<td align="center">73.49</td>
<td align="center">76.33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B35</td>
<td align="center">59.37</td>
<td align="center">15.3</td>
<td align="center">6.78</td>
<td align="center">4.1</td>
<td align="center">2.19</td>
<td align="center">1.64</td>
<td align="center">2.98</td>
<td align="center">0.15</td>
<td align="center">0.76</td>
<td align="center">0.19</td>
<td align="center">6.47</td>
<td align="center">5</td>
<td align="center">71.49</td>
<td align="center">79.79</td>
<td align="center">83.06</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B36</td>
<td align="center">59.81</td>
<td align="center">15.07</td>
<td align="center">6.63</td>
<td align="center">3.91</td>
<td align="center">2.66</td>
<td align="center">1.59</td>
<td align="center">2.82</td>
<td align="center">0.09</td>
<td align="center">0.76</td>
<td align="center">0.19</td>
<td align="center">6.45</td>
<td align="center">4.66</td>
<td align="center">72.05</td>
<td align="center">80.19</td>
<td align="center">83.28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B37</td>
<td align="center">67.58</td>
<td align="center">14.17</td>
<td align="center">5.1</td>
<td align="center">2.28</td>
<td align="center">1.5</td>
<td align="center">3.08</td>
<td align="center">1.99</td>
<td align="center">0.08</td>
<td align="center">0.69</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">3.31</td>
<td align="center">3.35</td>
<td align="center">68.32</td>
<td align="center">72.67</td>
<td align="center">75.57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B38</td>
<td align="center">65.52</td>
<td align="center">13.54</td>
<td align="center">5.9</td>
<td align="center">3.61</td>
<td align="center">1.72</td>
<td align="center">1.9</td>
<td align="center">2.26</td>
<td align="center">0.1</td>
<td align="center">0.7</td>
<td align="center">0.17</td>
<td align="center">4.55</td>
<td align="center">3.99</td>
<td align="center">69.74</td>
<td align="center">75.72</td>
<td align="center">78.92</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B39</td>
<td align="center">67.59</td>
<td align="center">12.53</td>
<td align="center">6.14</td>
<td align="center">3.5</td>
<td align="center">1.41</td>
<td align="center">2.16</td>
<td align="center">1.74</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">0.69</td>
<td align="center">0.17</td>
<td align="center">3.97</td>
<td align="center">4.42</td>
<td align="center">70.24</td>
<td align="center">75.14</td>
<td align="center">77.83</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B40</td>
<td align="center">67.49</td>
<td align="center">11.94</td>
<td align="center">5.48</td>
<td align="center">3.17</td>
<td align="center">2.47</td>
<td align="center">2.22</td>
<td align="center">1.71</td>
<td align="center">0.06</td>
<td align="center">0.66</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">4.59</td>
<td align="center">3.84</td>
<td align="center">66.8</td>
<td align="center">70.77</td>
<td align="center">73.86</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B61</td>
<td align="center">78.01</td>
<td align="center">6.72</td>
<td align="center">8.32</td>
<td align="center">1.22</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">0.07</td>
<td align="center">1.41</td>
<td align="center">0.33</td>
<td align="center">0.27</td>
<td align="center">0.09</td>
<td align="center">3.14</td>
<td align="center">3.48</td>
<td align="center">81.31</td>
<td align="center">97.52</td>
<td align="center">98.03</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B62</td>
<td align="center">83.81</td>
<td align="center">7.12</td>
<td align="center">2.52</td>
<td align="center">0.94</td>
<td align="center">0.37</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">2.4</td>
<td align="center">0.14</td>
<td align="center">0.28</td>
<td align="center">0.07</td>
<td align="center">2.28</td>
<td align="center">0.82</td>
<td align="center">74.18</td>
<td align="center">98.37</td>
<td align="center">98.92</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B63</td>
<td align="center">86.61</td>
<td align="center">5.33</td>
<td align="center">2.63</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">0.37</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">1.52</td>
<td align="center">0.2</td>
<td align="center">0.24</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">2.13</td>
<td align="center">0.86</td>
<td align="center">77.02</td>
<td align="center">98.19</td>
<td align="center">98.7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B64</td>
<td align="center">87.66</td>
<td align="center">5.44</td>
<td align="center">2.21</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">0.09</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">1.69</td>
<td align="center">0.07</td>
<td align="center">0.21</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">1.64</td>
<td align="center">1.11</td>
<td align="center">75.65</td>
<td align="center">98.4</td>
<td align="center">98.89</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B65</td>
<td align="center">90.95</td>
<td align="center">4.28</td>
<td align="center">1.25</td>
<td align="center">0.51</td>
<td align="center">0.11</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">1.27</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">0.19</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">1.31</td>
<td align="center">0.59</td>
<td align="center">76.15</td>
<td align="center">97.71</td>
<td align="center">98.38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B66</td>
<td align="center">75.73</td>
<td align="center">10.52</td>
<td align="center">4.64</td>
<td align="center">1.86</td>
<td align="center">0.17</td>
<td align="center">0.1</td>
<td align="center">3.36</td>
<td align="center">0.14</td>
<td align="center">0.47</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">2.87</td>
<td align="center">3.14</td>
<td align="center">74.82</td>
<td align="center">97.54</td>
<td align="center">98.31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B67</td>
<td align="center">86.79</td>
<td align="center">5.01</td>
<td align="center">2.34</td>
<td align="center">1.12</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
<td align="center">1.21</td>
<td align="center">0.11</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">2</td>
<td align="center">1.81</td>
<td align="center">71.26</td>
<td align="center">82.42</td>
<td align="center">86.07</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B68</td>
<td align="center">71.08</td>
<td align="center">11.79</td>
<td align="center">4.5</td>
<td align="center">2.38</td>
<td align="center">1.34</td>
<td align="center">1.84</td>
<td align="center">2.5</td>
<td align="center">0.2</td>
<td align="center">0.55</td>
<td align="center">0.26</td>
<td align="center">3.55</td>
<td align="center">3.25</td>
<td align="center">67.49</td>
<td align="center">74.5</td>
<td align="center">78.76</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B69</td>
<td align="center">83.82</td>
<td align="center">4.2</td>
<td align="center">2.11</td>
<td align="center">0.96</td>
<td align="center">3.18</td>
<td align="center">0.05</td>
<td align="center">1.3</td>
<td align="center">0.19</td>
<td align="center">0.12</td>
<td align="center">0.03</td>
<td align="center">3.9</td>
<td align="center">1.59</td>
<td align="center">75.09</td>
<td align="center">96.88</td>
<td align="center">97.83</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B70</td>
<td align="center">86.71</td>
<td align="center">5.17</td>
<td align="center">2.05</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
<td align="center">0.68</td>
<td align="center">0.44</td>
<td align="center">1.18</td>
<td align="center">0.13</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">0.04</td>
<td align="center">2.04</td>
<td align="center">1.41</td>
<td align="center">71.99</td>
<td align="center">82.75</td>
<td align="center">86.14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">PAAS</td>
<td align="center">62.8</td>
<td align="center">18.9</td>
<td align="center">7.2</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="center">1.3</td>
<td align="center">1.2</td>
<td align="center">3.7</td>
<td align="center">2.2</td>
<td align="center">1</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<p>The content of SiO<sub>2</sub> in of the Mayinggou Formation clastic samples ranges from 71.08% to 90.95%; the average content of the sample chemical constituents is compared with the PAAS values (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). The comparison showed that the sedimentary rocks of the Mayinggou Formation had high SiO<sub>2</sub> content, which was between typical arkose (77.1%) and quartz sandstone (91.5%). Most samples had low contents of K<sub>2</sub>O (1.18%&#x2013;3.36%, average &#x3d; 1.78%) and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (4.2%&#x2013;11.79%, average &#x3d; 6.56%), suggesting the small content of clay mineral.</p>
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<sec id="s4-2-2">
<title>4.2.2 Trace elements</title>
<p>The trace element data on siltstones from Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations are listed in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref> and show the trace element distribution in silt sandstone treated with post-Archean Australian shale (PAAS) normalization (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Taylor and McLennan, 1985</xref>). Compared with PAAS, the siltstones from Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations are highly depleted in Ni, Cu, Sr, Rb, Zr, Co, V, and Cr contents and slightly depleted in Ba, U, Zn, Sc, and thorium (Th) contents.</p>
<table-wrap id="T2" position="float">
<label>TABLE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Concentrations of trace elements in clastic rock from the Shihuigou section, North Qilian belt.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Sample</th>
<th align="center">Li</th>
<th align="center">Be</th>
<th align="center">Sc</th>
<th align="center">V</th>
<th align="center">Cr</th>
<th align="center">Co</th>
<th align="center">Ni</th>
<th align="center">Cu</th>
<th align="center">Zn</th>
<th align="center">Ga</th>
<th align="center">Rb</th>
<th align="center">Sr</th>
<th align="center">Y</th>
<th align="center">Cs</th>
<th align="center">Ba</th>
<th align="center">Pb</th>
<th align="center">Th</th>
<th align="center">U</th>
<th align="center">Nb</th>
<th align="center">Ta</th>
<th align="center">Zr</th>
<th align="center">Hf</th>
<th align="center">Th/Sc</th>
<th align="center">Th/Co</th>
<th align="center">La/Sc</th>
<th align="center">Cr/Th</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B16</td>
<td align="center">19.00</td>
<td align="center">1.15</td>
<td align="center">11.10</td>
<td align="center">73.90</td>
<td align="center">72.00</td>
<td align="center">12.30</td>
<td align="center">21.50</td>
<td align="center">22.50</td>
<td align="center">63.00</td>
<td align="center">13.60</td>
<td align="center">61.30</td>
<td align="center">183.00</td>
<td align="center">20.20</td>
<td align="center">2.51</td>
<td align="center">485.00</td>
<td align="center">18.50</td>
<td align="center">11.00</td>
<td align="center">1.92</td>
<td align="center">10.40</td>
<td align="center">0.80</td>
<td align="center">65.90</td>
<td align="center">3.71</td>
<td align="center">0.99</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">27.04</td>
<td align="center">6.55</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B17</td>
<td align="center">23.20</td>
<td align="center">1.75</td>
<td align="center">13.90</td>
<td align="center">86.60</td>
<td align="center">84.10</td>
<td align="center">16.60</td>
<td align="center">28.10</td>
<td align="center">30.50</td>
<td align="center">62.60</td>
<td align="center">15.80</td>
<td align="center">113.00</td>
<td align="center">169.00</td>
<td align="center">24.70</td>
<td align="center">4.64</td>
<td align="center">781.00</td>
<td align="center">13.80</td>
<td align="center">12.50</td>
<td align="center">2.41</td>
<td align="center">12.00</td>
<td align="center">0.94</td>
<td align="center">70.90</td>
<td align="center">4.27</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">0.75</td>
<td align="center">19.94</td>
<td align="center">6.73</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B18</td>
<td align="center">22.30</td>
<td align="center">1.48</td>
<td align="center">13.50</td>
<td align="center">88.60</td>
<td align="center">99.10</td>
<td align="center">15.10</td>
<td align="center">23.20</td>
<td align="center">23.50</td>
<td align="center">70.60</td>
<td align="center">13.30</td>
<td align="center">58.00</td>
<td align="center">194.00</td>
<td align="center">23.40</td>
<td align="center">2.26</td>
<td align="center">616.00</td>
<td align="center">20.90</td>
<td align="center">11.70</td>
<td align="center">2.06</td>
<td align="center">10.20</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">70.60</td>
<td align="center">4.54</td>
<td align="center">0.87</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">21.08</td>
<td align="center">8.47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B19</td>
<td align="center">24.20</td>
<td align="center">1.31</td>
<td align="center">12.80</td>
<td align="center">90.80</td>
<td align="center">98.30</td>
<td align="center">14.60</td>
<td align="center">29.60</td>
<td align="center">58.30</td>
<td align="center">80.20</td>
<td align="center">14.70</td>
<td align="center">63.10</td>
<td align="center">195.00</td>
<td align="center">23.60</td>
<td align="center">3.14</td>
<td align="center">448.00</td>
<td align="center">20.70</td>
<td align="center">11.50</td>
<td align="center">2.20</td>
<td align="center">10.60</td>
<td align="center">0.81</td>
<td align="center">69.90</td>
<td align="center">4.46</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">0.79</td>
<td align="center">25.11</td>
<td align="center">8.55</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B20</td>
<td align="center">22.60</td>
<td align="center">1.32</td>
<td align="center">13.10</td>
<td align="center">80.90</td>
<td align="center">85.30</td>
<td align="center">15.00</td>
<td align="center">23.80</td>
<td align="center">24.30</td>
<td align="center">70.80</td>
<td align="center">14.30</td>
<td align="center">65.20</td>
<td align="center">195.00</td>
<td align="center">23.70</td>
<td align="center">3.15</td>
<td align="center">717.00</td>
<td align="center">18.40</td>
<td align="center">11.70</td>
<td align="center">2.17</td>
<td align="center">11.10</td>
<td align="center">0.81</td>
<td align="center">65.70</td>
<td align="center">4.35</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">26.97</td>
<td align="center">7.29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B21</td>
<td align="center">22.40</td>
<td align="center">1.83</td>
<td align="center">12.50</td>
<td align="center">77.40</td>
<td align="center">74.40</td>
<td align="center">14.20</td>
<td align="center">25.20</td>
<td align="center">24.30</td>
<td align="center">68.50</td>
<td align="center">17.00</td>
<td align="center">112.00</td>
<td align="center">178.00</td>
<td align="center">19.00</td>
<td align="center">4.02</td>
<td align="center">531.00</td>
<td align="center">19.10</td>
<td align="center">15.90</td>
<td align="center">2.93</td>
<td align="center">9.76</td>
<td align="center">1.04</td>
<td align="center">59.20</td>
<td align="center">3.82</td>
<td align="center">1.27</td>
<td align="center">1.12</td>
<td align="center">15.25</td>
<td align="center">4.68</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B22</td>
<td align="center">28.00</td>
<td align="center">1.54</td>
<td align="center">11.50</td>
<td align="center">81.20</td>
<td align="center">79.50</td>
<td align="center">13.60</td>
<td align="center">24.20</td>
<td align="center">23.00</td>
<td align="center">60.60</td>
<td align="center">15.50</td>
<td align="center">77.70</td>
<td align="center">140.00</td>
<td align="center">26.20</td>
<td align="center">3.87</td>
<td align="center">454.00</td>
<td align="center">7.49</td>
<td align="center">12.10</td>
<td align="center">2.37</td>
<td align="center">12.00</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">67.30</td>
<td align="center">4.14</td>
<td align="center">1.05</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">24.35</td>
<td align="center">6.57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B23</td>
<td align="center">20.30</td>
<td align="center">0.87</td>
<td align="center">11.20</td>
<td align="center">69.80</td>
<td align="center">70.90</td>
<td align="center">12.40</td>
<td align="center">24.30</td>
<td align="center">21.90</td>
<td align="center">63.20</td>
<td align="center">12.20</td>
<td align="center">60.70</td>
<td align="center">223.00</td>
<td align="center">20.70</td>
<td align="center">3.27</td>
<td align="center">334.00</td>
<td align="center">17.20</td>
<td align="center">10.90</td>
<td align="center">2.08</td>
<td align="center">10.40</td>
<td align="center">0.75</td>
<td align="center">64.30</td>
<td align="center">4.13</td>
<td align="center">0.97</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">37.24</td>
<td align="center">6.50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B24</td>
<td align="center">22.10</td>
<td align="center">1.22</td>
<td align="center">11.80</td>
<td align="center">76.60</td>
<td align="center">76.40</td>
<td align="center">12.60</td>
<td align="center">21.80</td>
<td align="center">23.30</td>
<td align="center">73.10</td>
<td align="center">13.50</td>
<td align="center">53.60</td>
<td align="center">173.00</td>
<td align="center">16.70</td>
<td align="center">3.54</td>
<td align="center">385.00</td>
<td align="center">18.10</td>
<td align="center">10.60</td>
<td align="center">2.32</td>
<td align="center">11.00</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">67.90</td>
<td align="center">4.47</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">0.84</td>
<td align="center">22.54</td>
<td align="center">7.21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B25</td>
<td align="center">18.80</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">10.70</td>
<td align="center">80.10</td>
<td align="center">74.50</td>
<td align="center">11.40</td>
<td align="center">34.30</td>
<td align="center">19.80</td>
<td align="center">61.60</td>
<td align="center">11.90</td>
<td align="center">50.30</td>
<td align="center">388.00</td>
<td align="center">29.00</td>
<td align="center">2.71</td>
<td align="center">319.00</td>
<td align="center">14.70</td>
<td align="center">11.70</td>
<td align="center">1.97</td>
<td align="center">11.30</td>
<td align="center">0.82</td>
<td align="center">75.20</td>
<td align="center">4.68</td>
<td align="center">1.09</td>
<td align="center">1.03</td>
<td align="center">33.82</td>
<td align="center">6.37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B26</td>
<td align="center">39.50</td>
<td align="center">2.78</td>
<td align="center">18.10</td>
<td align="center">125.00</td>
<td align="center">112.00</td>
<td align="center">22.30</td>
<td align="center">41.90</td>
<td align="center">88.00</td>
<td align="center">116.00</td>
<td align="center">23.60</td>
<td align="center">79.40</td>
<td align="center">111.00</td>
<td align="center">30.00</td>
<td align="center">4.76</td>
<td align="center">711.00</td>
<td align="center">20.70</td>
<td align="center">12.00</td>
<td align="center">2.82</td>
<td align="center">16.30</td>
<td align="center">1.26</td>
<td align="center">77.80</td>
<td align="center">4.63</td>
<td align="center">0.66</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">11.33</td>
<td align="center">9.33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B27</td>
<td align="center">25.00</td>
<td align="center">1.60</td>
<td align="center">9.69</td>
<td align="center">69.30</td>
<td align="center">72.00</td>
<td align="center">10.70</td>
<td align="center">29.60</td>
<td align="center">61.70</td>
<td align="center">86.20</td>
<td align="center">13.90</td>
<td align="center">51.90</td>
<td align="center">169.00</td>
<td align="center">24.60</td>
<td align="center">3.12</td>
<td align="center">394.00</td>
<td align="center">17.40</td>
<td align="center">10.50</td>
<td align="center">2.92</td>
<td align="center">14.70</td>
<td align="center">1.21</td>
<td align="center">76.20</td>
<td align="center">4.68</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">0.98</td>
<td align="center">24.63</td>
<td align="center">6.86</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B28</td>
<td align="center">18.40</td>
<td align="center">1.04</td>
<td align="center">7.67</td>
<td align="center">47.30</td>
<td align="center">37.80</td>
<td align="center">8.40</td>
<td align="center">29.30</td>
<td align="center">13.50</td>
<td align="center">46.60</td>
<td align="center">10.60</td>
<td align="center">65.50</td>
<td align="center">372.00</td>
<td align="center">30.40</td>
<td align="center">2.90</td>
<td align="center">277.00</td>
<td align="center">13.70</td>
<td align="center">9.57</td>
<td align="center">2.36</td>
<td align="center">11.00</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">52.30</td>
<td align="center">3.28</td>
<td align="center">1.25</td>
<td align="center">1.14</td>
<td align="center">31.54</td>
<td align="center">3.95</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B29</td>
<td align="center">12.00</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
<td align="center">5.94</td>
<td align="center">25.80</td>
<td align="center">20.40</td>
<td align="center">5.25</td>
<td align="center">7.78</td>
<td align="center">10.90</td>
<td align="center">34.50</td>
<td align="center">10.10</td>
<td align="center">68.30</td>
<td align="center">225.00</td>
<td align="center">24.00</td>
<td align="center">3.09</td>
<td align="center">398.00</td>
<td align="center">24.90</td>
<td align="center">16.20</td>
<td align="center">3.22</td>
<td align="center">9.94</td>
<td align="center">0.97</td>
<td align="center">44.00</td>
<td align="center">3.25</td>
<td align="center">2.73</td>
<td align="center">3.09</td>
<td align="center">19.26</td>
<td align="center">1.26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B30</td>
<td align="center">29.20</td>
<td align="center">1.76</td>
<td align="center">14.80</td>
<td align="center">96.30</td>
<td align="center">88.10</td>
<td align="center">15.70</td>
<td align="center">31.80</td>
<td align="center">64.10</td>
<td align="center">89.50</td>
<td align="center">16.70</td>
<td align="center">98.70</td>
<td align="center">143.00</td>
<td align="center">29.10</td>
<td align="center">5.17</td>
<td align="center">503.00</td>
<td align="center">14.90</td>
<td align="center">13.20</td>
<td align="center">2.68</td>
<td align="center">14.10</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">73.00</td>
<td align="center">4.67</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">0.84</td>
<td align="center">21.31</td>
<td align="center">6.67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B31</td>
<td align="center">37.80</td>
<td align="center">2.80</td>
<td align="center">20.20</td>
<td align="center">141.00</td>
<td align="center">105.00</td>
<td align="center">20.30</td>
<td align="center">41.70</td>
<td align="center">86.30</td>
<td align="center">115.00</td>
<td align="center">25.60</td>
<td align="center">165.00</td>
<td align="center">81.50</td>
<td align="center">29.90</td>
<td align="center">8.53</td>
<td align="center">827.00</td>
<td align="center">14.70</td>
<td align="center">16.80</td>
<td align="center">2.85</td>
<td align="center">17.10</td>
<td align="center">1.39</td>
<td align="center">73.00</td>
<td align="center">4.97</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">11.57</td>
<td align="center">6.25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B32</td>
<td align="center">37.50</td>
<td align="center">2.79</td>
<td align="center">22.70</td>
<td align="center">128.00</td>
<td align="center">100.00</td>
<td align="center">23.40</td>
<td align="center">40.80</td>
<td align="center">55.70</td>
<td align="center">115.00</td>
<td align="center">23.30</td>
<td align="center">174.00</td>
<td align="center">56.40</td>
<td align="center">28.30</td>
<td align="center">12.10</td>
<td align="center">791.00</td>
<td align="center">29.80</td>
<td align="center">18.10</td>
<td align="center">3.14</td>
<td align="center">14.60</td>
<td align="center">1.19</td>
<td align="center">70.30</td>
<td align="center">4.38</td>
<td align="center">0.80</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">13.15</td>
<td align="center">5.52</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B33</td>
<td align="center">36.70</td>
<td align="center">1.90</td>
<td align="center">17.10</td>
<td align="center">104.00</td>
<td align="center">119.00</td>
<td align="center">20.10</td>
<td align="center">44.20</td>
<td align="center">30.90</td>
<td align="center">94.80</td>
<td align="center">16.70</td>
<td align="center">108.00</td>
<td align="center">57.20</td>
<td align="center">25.70</td>
<td align="center">6.42</td>
<td align="center">395.00</td>
<td align="center">20.50</td>
<td align="center">17.50</td>
<td align="center">3.46</td>
<td align="center">18.00</td>
<td align="center">1.45</td>
<td align="center">74.80</td>
<td align="center">5.34</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">0.87</td>
<td align="center">23.11</td>
<td align="center">6.80</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B34</td>
<td align="center">30.90</td>
<td align="center">1.26</td>
<td align="center">12.70</td>
<td align="center">79.60</td>
<td align="center">96.30</td>
<td align="center">16.00</td>
<td align="center">35.20</td>
<td align="center">27.30</td>
<td align="center">74.30</td>
<td align="center">13.80</td>
<td align="center">72.60</td>
<td align="center">76.10</td>
<td align="center">23.30</td>
<td align="center">3.72</td>
<td align="center">322.00</td>
<td align="center">30.40</td>
<td align="center">15.30</td>
<td align="center">2.79</td>
<td align="center">14.10</td>
<td align="center">1.07</td>
<td align="center">71.70</td>
<td align="center">4.54</td>
<td align="center">1.20</td>
<td align="center">0.96</td>
<td align="center">27.30</td>
<td align="center">6.29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B35</td>
<td align="center">48.10</td>
<td align="center">2.46</td>
<td align="center">19.40</td>
<td align="center">114.00</td>
<td align="center">114.00</td>
<td align="center">23.70</td>
<td align="center">80.80</td>
<td align="center">83.60</td>
<td align="center">107.00</td>
<td align="center">21.90</td>
<td align="center">142.00</td>
<td align="center">163.00</td>
<td align="center">28.50</td>
<td align="center">6.88</td>
<td align="center">624.00</td>
<td align="center">23.50</td>
<td align="center">17.10</td>
<td align="center">3.95</td>
<td align="center">17.70</td>
<td align="center">1.38</td>
<td align="center">80.20</td>
<td align="center">5.14</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">0.72</td>
<td align="center">18.78</td>
<td align="center">6.67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B36</td>
<td align="center">44.20</td>
<td align="center">1.99</td>
<td align="center">18.70</td>
<td align="center">114.00</td>
<td align="center">108.00</td>
<td align="center">19.80</td>
<td align="center">46.30</td>
<td align="center">35.60</td>
<td align="center">103.00</td>
<td align="center">19.20</td>
<td align="center">124.00</td>
<td align="center">92.00</td>
<td align="center">26.60</td>
<td align="center">6.90</td>
<td align="center">563.00</td>
<td align="center">22.80</td>
<td align="center">15.60</td>
<td align="center">3.12</td>
<td align="center">15.80</td>
<td align="center">1.24</td>
<td align="center">66.20</td>
<td align="center">4.74</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">0.79</td>
<td align="center">21.31</td>
<td align="center">6.92</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B37</td>
<td align="center">35.80</td>
<td align="center">1.44</td>
<td align="center">14.90</td>
<td align="center">88.40</td>
<td align="center">93.40</td>
<td align="center">13.50</td>
<td align="center">27.70</td>
<td align="center">33.20</td>
<td align="center">79.70</td>
<td align="center">15.10</td>
<td align="center">87.70</td>
<td align="center">99.70</td>
<td align="center">24.10</td>
<td align="center">4.51</td>
<td align="center">490.00</td>
<td align="center">15.90</td>
<td align="center">13.70</td>
<td align="center">2.66</td>
<td align="center">13.90</td>
<td align="center">1.03</td>
<td align="center">68.40</td>
<td align="center">4.50</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">1.01</td>
<td align="center">27.01</td>
<td align="center">6.82</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B38</td>
<td align="center">42.00</td>
<td align="center">1.63</td>
<td align="center">14.50</td>
<td align="center">100.00</td>
<td align="center">118.00</td>
<td align="center">16.00</td>
<td align="center">45.70</td>
<td align="center">32.10</td>
<td align="center">90.40</td>
<td align="center">15.70</td>
<td align="center">103.00</td>
<td align="center">75.70</td>
<td align="center">24.80</td>
<td align="center">6.14</td>
<td align="center">446.00</td>
<td align="center">23.60</td>
<td align="center">15.20</td>
<td align="center">3.10</td>
<td align="center">16.70</td>
<td align="center">1.23</td>
<td align="center">66.80</td>
<td align="center">4.53</td>
<td align="center">1.05</td>
<td align="center">0.95</td>
<td align="center">22.39</td>
<td align="center">7.76</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B39</td>
<td align="center">46.60</td>
<td align="center">1.80</td>
<td align="center">12.70</td>
<td align="center">93.30</td>
<td align="center">128.00</td>
<td align="center">15.70</td>
<td align="center">35.20</td>
<td align="center">27.30</td>
<td align="center">88.30</td>
<td align="center">14.40</td>
<td align="center">97.30</td>
<td align="center">65.50</td>
<td align="center">23.00</td>
<td align="center">5.28</td>
<td align="center">309.00</td>
<td align="center">20.20</td>
<td align="center">17.50</td>
<td align="center">3.79</td>
<td align="center">15.30</td>
<td align="center">1.11</td>
<td align="center">69.00</td>
<td align="center">4.29</td>
<td align="center">1.38</td>
<td align="center">1.11</td>
<td align="center">21.11</td>
<td align="center">7.31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B40</td>
<td align="center">36.50</td>
<td align="center">1.63</td>
<td align="center">12.90</td>
<td align="center">106.00</td>
<td align="center">120.00</td>
<td align="center">15.90</td>
<td align="center">38.60</td>
<td align="center">28.00</td>
<td align="center">80.00</td>
<td align="center">15.30</td>
<td align="center">83.00</td>
<td align="center">98.30</td>
<td align="center">27.50</td>
<td align="center">5.07</td>
<td align="center">407.00</td>
<td align="center">21.30</td>
<td align="center">14.50</td>
<td align="center">3.14</td>
<td align="center">14.50</td>
<td align="center">1.22</td>
<td align="center">69.00</td>
<td align="center">4.11</td>
<td align="center">1.12</td>
<td align="center">0.91</td>
<td align="center">22.82</td>
<td align="center">8.28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B61</td>
<td align="center">25.00</td>
<td align="center">1.49</td>
<td align="center">7.41</td>
<td align="center">53.80</td>
<td align="center">26.40</td>
<td align="center">14.90</td>
<td align="center">56.10</td>
<td align="center">67.10</td>
<td align="center">401.00</td>
<td align="center">10.40</td>
<td align="center">61.50</td>
<td align="center">22.30</td>
<td align="center">22.20</td>
<td align="center">2.54</td>
<td align="center">507.00</td>
<td align="center">111.00</td>
<td align="center">6.51</td>
<td align="center">2.24</td>
<td align="center">7.79</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">22.80</td>
<td align="center">2.56</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">0.44</td>
<td align="center">15.23</td>
<td align="center">4.06</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B62</td>
<td align="center">14.40</td>
<td align="center">1.69</td>
<td align="center">10.30</td>
<td align="center">67.30</td>
<td align="center">35.00</td>
<td align="center">29.70</td>
<td align="center">68.10</td>
<td align="center">103.00</td>
<td align="center">78.70</td>
<td align="center">10.70</td>
<td align="center">105.00</td>
<td align="center">111.00</td>
<td align="center">17.10</td>
<td align="center">4.83</td>
<td align="center">928.00</td>
<td align="center">29.80</td>
<td align="center">8.48</td>
<td align="center">4.30</td>
<td align="center">7.82</td>
<td align="center">0.60</td>
<td align="center">22.60</td>
<td align="center">1.47</td>
<td align="center">0.82</td>
<td align="center">0.29</td>
<td align="center">12.37</td>
<td align="center">4.13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B63</td>
<td align="center">12.90</td>
<td align="center">1.16</td>
<td align="center">6.15</td>
<td align="center">31.00</td>
<td align="center">25.70</td>
<td align="center">10.30</td>
<td align="center">23.50</td>
<td align="center">11.90</td>
<td align="center">61.00</td>
<td align="center">8.33</td>
<td align="center">67.80</td>
<td align="center">24.50</td>
<td align="center">10.10</td>
<td align="center">3.54</td>
<td align="center">1,894.00</td>
<td align="center">4.63</td>
<td align="center">6.24</td>
<td align="center">1.86</td>
<td align="center">6.38</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">17.50</td>
<td align="center">1.25</td>
<td align="center">1.01</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">12.93</td>
<td align="center">4.12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B64</td>
<td align="center">10.10</td>
<td align="center">1.24</td>
<td align="center">6.16</td>
<td align="center">31.00</td>
<td align="center">22.50</td>
<td align="center">7.46</td>
<td align="center">12.50</td>
<td align="center">28.70</td>
<td align="center">40.70</td>
<td align="center">8.54</td>
<td align="center">80.00</td>
<td align="center">7.95</td>
<td align="center">7.47</td>
<td align="center">3.02</td>
<td align="center">448.00</td>
<td align="center">19.80</td>
<td align="center">6.31</td>
<td align="center">3.56</td>
<td align="center">6.00</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">18.20</td>
<td align="center">1.11</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">0.85</td>
<td align="center">10.81</td>
<td align="center">3.57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B65</td>
<td align="center">13.10</td>
<td align="center">1.07</td>
<td align="center">4.93</td>
<td align="center">29.50</td>
<td align="center">23.30</td>
<td align="center">9.38</td>
<td align="center">10.60</td>
<td align="center">33.50</td>
<td align="center">31.70</td>
<td align="center">6.50</td>
<td align="center">57.20</td>
<td align="center">8.08</td>
<td align="center">6.85</td>
<td align="center">2.38</td>
<td align="center">357.00</td>
<td align="center">14.40</td>
<td align="center">5.02</td>
<td align="center">1.03</td>
<td align="center">4.76</td>
<td align="center">0.36</td>
<td align="center">14.20</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">8.02</td>
<td align="center">4.64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B66</td>
<td align="center">30.30</td>
<td align="center">1.84</td>
<td align="center">11.20</td>
<td align="center">90.70</td>
<td align="center">56.60</td>
<td align="center">15.40</td>
<td align="center">18.90</td>
<td align="center">26.40</td>
<td align="center">74.70</td>
<td align="center">14.20</td>
<td align="center">147.00</td>
<td align="center">14.00</td>
<td align="center">13.30</td>
<td align="center">7.78</td>
<td align="center">821.00</td>
<td align="center">15.00</td>
<td align="center">13.30</td>
<td align="center">1.30</td>
<td align="center">12.70</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">32.60</td>
<td align="center">2.18</td>
<td align="center">1.19</td>
<td align="center">0.86</td>
<td align="center">17.66</td>
<td align="center">4.26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B67</td>
<td align="center">13.20</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">4.56</td>
<td align="center">29.20</td>
<td align="center">14.60</td>
<td align="center">5.25</td>
<td align="center">9.05</td>
<td align="center">21.30</td>
<td align="center">32.70</td>
<td align="center">7.65</td>
<td align="center">54.80</td>
<td align="center">38.90</td>
<td align="center">6.25</td>
<td align="center">2.82</td>
<td align="center">271.00</td>
<td align="center">10.60</td>
<td align="center">5.31</td>
<td align="center">2.01</td>
<td align="center">5.61</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">19.90</td>
<td align="center">1.15</td>
<td align="center">1.16</td>
<td align="center">1.01</td>
<td align="center">16.58</td>
<td align="center">2.75</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B68</td>
<td align="center">28.60</td>
<td align="center">1.91</td>
<td align="center">8.77</td>
<td align="center">66.60</td>
<td align="center">15.60</td>
<td align="center">7.12</td>
<td align="center">12.90</td>
<td align="center">40.20</td>
<td align="center">76.40</td>
<td align="center">15.40</td>
<td align="center">115.00</td>
<td align="center">77.00</td>
<td align="center">14.80</td>
<td align="center">6.08</td>
<td align="center">618.00</td>
<td align="center">18.40</td>
<td align="center">15.60</td>
<td align="center">2.85</td>
<td align="center">16.40</td>
<td align="center">0.95</td>
<td align="center">121.00</td>
<td align="center">6.03</td>
<td align="center">1.78</td>
<td align="center">2.19</td>
<td align="center">19.01</td>
<td align="center">1.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B69</td>
<td align="center">16.40</td>
<td align="center">1.11</td>
<td align="center">4.03</td>
<td align="center">28.60</td>
<td align="center">12.60</td>
<td align="center">3.51</td>
<td align="center">10.80</td>
<td align="center">12.20</td>
<td align="center">23.50</td>
<td align="center">7.10</td>
<td align="center">61.40</td>
<td align="center">137.00</td>
<td align="center">5.98</td>
<td align="center">2.59</td>
<td align="center">295.00</td>
<td align="center">12.30</td>
<td align="center">4.13</td>
<td align="center">1.40</td>
<td align="center">4.54</td>
<td align="center">0.33</td>
<td align="center">14.40</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">1.18</td>
<td align="center">10.45</td>
<td align="center">3.05</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B70</td>
<td align="center">16.10</td>
<td align="center">1.05</td>
<td align="center">4.10</td>
<td align="center">35.80</td>
<td align="center">19.90</td>
<td align="center">4.45</td>
<td align="center">10.50</td>
<td align="center">23.00</td>
<td align="center">30.90</td>
<td align="center">7.44</td>
<td align="center">48.70</td>
<td align="center">21.00</td>
<td align="center">7.74</td>
<td align="center">2.43</td>
<td align="center">422.00</td>
<td align="center">69.40</td>
<td align="center">5.95</td>
<td align="center">3.81</td>
<td align="center">6.10</td>
<td align="center">0.40</td>
<td align="center">21.90</td>
<td align="center">1.24</td>
<td align="center">1.45</td>
<td align="center">1.34</td>
<td align="center">11.81</td>
<td align="center">3.34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">PAAS</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="center">16</td>
<td align="center">150</td>
<td align="center">110</td>
<td align="center">23</td>
<td align="center">55</td>
<td align="center">50</td>
<td align="center">85</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="center">160</td>
<td align="center">200</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="center">650</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="left"/>
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<p>Ba is the most abundant trace element (501.08 ppm on average) in the siltstone samples of the Zhongbao Formation. The average content of Sr was 156.93 ppm, which is the second abundant trace element. The Mayinggou Formation siltstone samples also contain high concentrations of Ba (average 544.14 ppm). The Sr content in Mayinggou Formation siltstone samples is lower than that in the Zhongbao Formation (average 46.17 ppm). The average contents of Ni, Co, Th, Cu, Rb, V, Zr, Sc, and Cr in siltstone samples are 30.44, 14.06, 11.98, 37.63, 86.68, 77.18, 57.66, 11.76 71.39 11.98, and 37.63 ppm, respectively. The concentrations of niobium (Nb) and thorium in siltstones are mainly continental and insoluble in seawater (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B41">Kato et al., 2002</xref>). So, the concentrations of these elements in the siltstone indicate the extent of the influence of terrigenous materials. Th and Nb concentrations were positively correlated with terrigenous primary elements TiO<sub>2</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F4">Figure 4</xref>).</p>
<fig id="F4" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 4</label>
<caption>
<p>Variation diagrams of major oxides and minor elements for Zhongbao Formation siltstones.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g004.tif"/>
</fig>
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<sec id="s4-2-3">
<title>4.2.3 Rare earth element</title>
<p>The analysis dates of REEs are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>, and the normalized model of chondrites is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5</xref>. All samples are normalized to chondritic values, and the distribution curves of rare earth elements are similar. The calculation of Eu anomalies follows that performed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B68">Rollinson (1993),</xref> Eu/Eu&#x2a; &#x3d; (EuN)/[(SmN &#xd7;GdN)1/2], where the subscript N represents the normalization of rare earth elements to chondritic values (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Taylor and McLennan, 1985</xref>). The samples of the Zhongbao Formation are enriched in light rare earth elements (LREEs), the heavy rare earth element (HREE) pattern is relatively flat, and the Eu anomaly is negative. The samples of the Mayinggou Formation also showed that the LREE was enriched and the heavy REE pattern was relatively flat, but the HREE and LREE values were lower than those of the Zhongbao group.</p>
<table-wrap id="T3" position="float">
<label>TABLE 3</label>
<caption>
<p>Concentrations of rare elements in clastic rock from the Shihuigou section, North Qilian belt.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="center">Sample</th>
<th align="center">La</th>
<th align="center">Ce</th>
<th align="center">Pr</th>
<th align="center">Nd</th>
<th align="center">Sm</th>
<th align="center">Eu</th>
<th align="center">Gd</th>
<th align="center">Tb</th>
<th align="center">Dy</th>
<th align="center">Ho</th>
<th align="center">Er</th>
<th align="center">Tm</th>
<th align="center">Yb</th>
<th align="center">Lu</th>
<th align="center">&#x2211;REE</th>
<th align="center">&#x3b4;Eu</th>
<th align="center">(La/Yb)N</th>
<th align="center">(La/Sm)N</th>
<th align="center">(Gd/Yb)N</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B16</td>
<td align="center">31.10</td>
<td align="center">55.00</td>
<td align="center">6.19</td>
<td align="center">25.30</td>
<td align="center">4.26</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">3.76</td>
<td align="center">0.66</td>
<td align="center">3.41</td>
<td align="center">0.81</td>
<td align="center">1.98</td>
<td align="center">0.34</td>
<td align="center">2.15</td>
<td align="center">0.37</td>
<td align="center">136.36</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">10.38</td>
<td align="center">4.71</td>
<td align="center">1.45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B17</td>
<td align="center">34.90</td>
<td align="center">64.00</td>
<td align="center">7.80</td>
<td align="center">27.30</td>
<td align="center">5.42</td>
<td align="center">1.22</td>
<td align="center">4.47</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">4.33</td>
<td align="center">0.94</td>
<td align="center">2.31</td>
<td align="center">0.46</td>
<td align="center">2.86</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">157.26</td>
<td align="center">0.76</td>
<td align="center">8.75</td>
<td align="center">4.16</td>
<td align="center">1.29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B18</td>
<td align="center">31.20</td>
<td align="center">55.50</td>
<td align="center">6.62</td>
<td align="center">25.00</td>
<td align="center">4.87</td>
<td align="center">1.18</td>
<td align="center">4.06</td>
<td align="center">0.74</td>
<td align="center">3.62</td>
<td align="center">0.80</td>
<td align="center">2.23</td>
<td align="center">0.39</td>
<td align="center">2.48</td>
<td align="center">0.38</td>
<td align="center">139.07</td>
<td align="center">0.81</td>
<td align="center">9.02</td>
<td align="center">4.14</td>
<td align="center">1.35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B19</td>
<td align="center">32.90</td>
<td align="center">59.80</td>
<td align="center">7.52</td>
<td align="center">26.70</td>
<td align="center">5.19</td>
<td align="center">1.33</td>
<td align="center">4.20</td>
<td align="center">0.75</td>
<td align="center">3.94</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">2.34</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">2.54</td>
<td align="center">0.36</td>
<td align="center">148.91</td>
<td align="center">0.87</td>
<td align="center">9.29</td>
<td align="center">4.09</td>
<td align="center">1.37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B20</td>
<td align="center">35.60</td>
<td align="center">60.20</td>
<td align="center">7.51</td>
<td align="center">27.40</td>
<td align="center">5.43</td>
<td align="center">1.25</td>
<td align="center">4.28</td>
<td align="center">0.76</td>
<td align="center">3.96</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">2.21</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">2.64</td>
<td align="center">0.38</td>
<td align="center">152.95</td>
<td align="center">0.79</td>
<td align="center">9.67</td>
<td align="center">4.23</td>
<td align="center">1.34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B21</td>
<td align="center">27.90</td>
<td align="center">62.90</td>
<td align="center">8.05</td>
<td align="center">27.50</td>
<td align="center">5.24</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">4.56</td>
<td align="center">0.72</td>
<td align="center">3.98</td>
<td align="center">0.72</td>
<td align="center">1.86</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">2.78</td>
<td align="center">0.37</td>
<td align="center">147.95</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">7.20</td>
<td align="center">3.44</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B22</td>
<td align="center">37.50</td>
<td align="center">63.80</td>
<td align="center">7.96</td>
<td align="center">29.30</td>
<td align="center">5.29</td>
<td align="center">1.34</td>
<td align="center">4.58</td>
<td align="center">0.79</td>
<td align="center">4.21</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">2.41</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
<td align="center">2.87</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">161.78</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">9.37</td>
<td align="center">4.58</td>
<td align="center">1.32</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B23</td>
<td align="center">32.40</td>
<td align="center">55.90</td>
<td align="center">7.06</td>
<td align="center">26.30</td>
<td align="center">4.71</td>
<td align="center">1.03</td>
<td align="center">4.09</td>
<td align="center">0.68</td>
<td align="center">3.78</td>
<td align="center">0.80</td>
<td align="center">2.09</td>
<td align="center">0.39</td>
<td align="center">2.41</td>
<td align="center">0.36</td>
<td align="center">142.00</td>
<td align="center">0.72</td>
<td align="center">9.64</td>
<td align="center">4.44</td>
<td align="center">1.40</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B24</td>
<td align="center">27.50</td>
<td align="center">52.30</td>
<td align="center">6.21</td>
<td align="center">23.50</td>
<td align="center">4.25</td>
<td align="center">0.88</td>
<td align="center">3.45</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">3.12</td>
<td align="center">0.65</td>
<td align="center">1.65</td>
<td align="center">0.35</td>
<td align="center">2.20</td>
<td align="center">0.35</td>
<td align="center">126.99</td>
<td align="center">0.70</td>
<td align="center">8.97</td>
<td align="center">4.18</td>
<td align="center">1.30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B25</td>
<td align="center">34.50</td>
<td align="center">58.10</td>
<td align="center">7.61</td>
<td align="center">27.70</td>
<td align="center">5.46</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">4.34</td>
<td align="center">0.75</td>
<td align="center">3.99</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">2.46</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">2.88</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">150.76</td>
<td align="center">0.68</td>
<td align="center">8.59</td>
<td align="center">4.08</td>
<td align="center">1.25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B26</td>
<td align="center">31.50</td>
<td align="center">59.60</td>
<td align="center">7.45</td>
<td align="center">29.50</td>
<td align="center">6.17</td>
<td align="center">1.24</td>
<td align="center">4.79</td>
<td align="center">0.94</td>
<td align="center">5.21</td>
<td align="center">1.20</td>
<td align="center">2.94</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">3.47</td>
<td align="center">0.53</td>
<td align="center">155.07</td>
<td align="center">0.70</td>
<td align="center">6.51</td>
<td align="center">3.30</td>
<td align="center">1.14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B27</td>
<td align="center">39.40</td>
<td align="center">73.70</td>
<td align="center">9.09</td>
<td align="center">32.40</td>
<td align="center">7.37</td>
<td align="center">1.32</td>
<td align="center">5.28</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">4.52</td>
<td align="center">1.02</td>
<td align="center">2.59</td>
<td align="center">0.47</td>
<td align="center">3.24</td>
<td align="center">0.44</td>
<td align="center">181.76</td>
<td align="center">0.65</td>
<td align="center">8.72</td>
<td align="center">3.45</td>
<td align="center">1.35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B28</td>
<td align="center">32.80</td>
<td align="center">58.50</td>
<td align="center">7.34</td>
<td align="center">26.80</td>
<td align="center">4.98</td>
<td align="center">1.18</td>
<td align="center">4.34</td>
<td align="center">0.80</td>
<td align="center">4.40</td>
<td align="center">0.99</td>
<td align="center">2.52</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">3.13</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">148.68</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">7.52</td>
<td align="center">4.25</td>
<td align="center">1.15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B29</td>
<td align="center">26.20</td>
<td align="center">50.20</td>
<td align="center">5.89</td>
<td align="center">23.00</td>
<td align="center">4.84</td>
<td align="center">0.66</td>
<td align="center">3.86</td>
<td align="center">0.74</td>
<td align="center">3.74</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">2.35</td>
<td align="center">0.45</td>
<td align="center">3.03</td>
<td align="center">0.44</td>
<td align="center">126.33</td>
<td align="center">0.47</td>
<td align="center">6.20</td>
<td align="center">3.49</td>
<td align="center">1.05</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B30</td>
<td align="center">37.50</td>
<td align="center">69.20</td>
<td align="center">8.39</td>
<td align="center">33.10</td>
<td align="center">6.64</td>
<td align="center">1.29</td>
<td align="center">5.18</td>
<td align="center">0.93</td>
<td align="center">4.82</td>
<td align="center">1.07</td>
<td align="center">2.58</td>
<td align="center">0.52</td>
<td align="center">3.27</td>
<td align="center">0.48</td>
<td align="center">174.97</td>
<td align="center">0.67</td>
<td align="center">8.23</td>
<td align="center">3.65</td>
<td align="center">1.31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B31</td>
<td align="center">32.40</td>
<td align="center">62.60</td>
<td align="center">7.27</td>
<td align="center">28.70</td>
<td align="center">5.96</td>
<td align="center">1.32</td>
<td align="center">5.05</td>
<td align="center">0.91</td>
<td align="center">5.07</td>
<td align="center">1.21</td>
<td align="center">2.78</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">3.73</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">158.13</td>
<td align="center">0.74</td>
<td align="center">6.23</td>
<td align="center">3.51</td>
<td align="center">1.12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B32</td>
<td align="center">36.70</td>
<td align="center">68.00</td>
<td align="center">8.17</td>
<td align="center">28.00</td>
<td align="center">6.32</td>
<td align="center">0.98</td>
<td align="center">4.85</td>
<td align="center">0.86</td>
<td align="center">4.24</td>
<td align="center">0.96</td>
<td align="center">2.64</td>
<td align="center">0.52</td>
<td align="center">3.36</td>
<td align="center">0.52</td>
<td align="center">166.12</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">7.83</td>
<td align="center">3.75</td>
<td align="center">1.19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B33</td>
<td align="center">43.90</td>
<td align="center">80.70</td>
<td align="center">10.30</td>
<td align="center">36.80</td>
<td align="center">7.44</td>
<td align="center">1.21</td>
<td align="center">5.95</td>
<td align="center">0.98</td>
<td align="center">4.75</td>
<td align="center">1.03</td>
<td align="center">2.67</td>
<td align="center">0.48</td>
<td align="center">3.16</td>
<td align="center">0.49</td>
<td align="center">199.85</td>
<td align="center">0.56</td>
<td align="center">9.97</td>
<td align="center">3.81</td>
<td align="center">1.56</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B34</td>
<td align="center">34.40</td>
<td align="center">65.20</td>
<td align="center">7.91</td>
<td align="center">28.90</td>
<td align="center">6.11</td>
<td align="center">0.99</td>
<td align="center">4.56</td>
<td align="center">0.78</td>
<td align="center">3.95</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">2.29</td>
<td align="center">0.40</td>
<td align="center">2.66</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">159.45</td>
<td align="center">0.57</td>
<td align="center">9.28</td>
<td align="center">3.63</td>
<td align="center">1.42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B35</td>
<td align="center">46.20</td>
<td align="center">80.00</td>
<td align="center">10.20</td>
<td align="center">37.60</td>
<td align="center">7.27</td>
<td align="center">1.39</td>
<td align="center">5.96</td>
<td align="center">1.04</td>
<td align="center">5.23</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">2.85</td>
<td align="center">0.50</td>
<td align="center">3.75</td>
<td align="center">0.50</td>
<td align="center">203.57</td>
<td align="center">0.65</td>
<td align="center">8.84</td>
<td align="center">4.10</td>
<td align="center">1.31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B36</td>
<td align="center">42.40</td>
<td align="center">73.30</td>
<td align="center">8.68</td>
<td align="center">34.30</td>
<td align="center">6.73</td>
<td align="center">1.37</td>
<td align="center">5.53</td>
<td align="center">1.00</td>
<td align="center">4.45</td>
<td align="center">1.10</td>
<td align="center">2.54</td>
<td align="center">0.50</td>
<td align="center">3.19</td>
<td align="center">0.48</td>
<td align="center">185.57</td>
<td align="center">0.69</td>
<td align="center">9.53</td>
<td align="center">4.07</td>
<td align="center">1.43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B37</td>
<td align="center">38.90</td>
<td align="center">70.60</td>
<td align="center">8.09</td>
<td align="center">34.20</td>
<td align="center">6.22</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
<td align="center">5.19</td>
<td align="center">0.85</td>
<td align="center">4.11</td>
<td align="center">0.97</td>
<td align="center">2.35</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">2.87</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">176.54</td>
<td align="center">0.73</td>
<td align="center">9.72</td>
<td align="center">4.04</td>
<td align="center">1.50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B38</td>
<td align="center">36.50</td>
<td align="center">64.80</td>
<td align="center">8.41</td>
<td align="center">30.70</td>
<td align="center">6.01</td>
<td align="center">1.04</td>
<td align="center">5.00</td>
<td align="center">0.85</td>
<td align="center">4.47</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">2.27</td>
<td align="center">0.42</td>
<td align="center">2.89</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
<td align="center">164.71</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">9.06</td>
<td align="center">3.92</td>
<td align="center">1.43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B39</td>
<td align="center">38.00</td>
<td align="center">78.30</td>
<td align="center">8.36</td>
<td align="center">31.80</td>
<td align="center">6.22</td>
<td align="center">1.07</td>
<td align="center">4.71</td>
<td align="center">0.79</td>
<td align="center">4.96</td>
<td align="center">0.86</td>
<td align="center">2.23</td>
<td align="center">0.40</td>
<td align="center">2.65</td>
<td align="center">0.37</td>
<td align="center">180.73</td>
<td align="center">0.60</td>
<td align="center">10.29</td>
<td align="center">3.94</td>
<td align="center">1.47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B40</td>
<td align="center">37.20</td>
<td align="center">69.00</td>
<td align="center">8.43</td>
<td align="center">30.70</td>
<td align="center">6.16</td>
<td align="center">1.17</td>
<td align="center">8.29</td>
<td align="center">0.85</td>
<td align="center">4.50</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">2.54</td>
<td align="center">0.49</td>
<td align="center">3.31</td>
<td align="center">0.44</td>
<td align="center">174.16</td>
<td align="center">0.50</td>
<td align="center">8.06</td>
<td align="center">3.90</td>
<td align="center">2.07</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B61</td>
<td align="center">22.70</td>
<td align="center">45.10</td>
<td align="center">4.98</td>
<td align="center">20.00</td>
<td align="center">4.58</td>
<td align="center">0.85</td>
<td align="center">4.25</td>
<td align="center">0.76</td>
<td align="center">3.92</td>
<td align="center">0.92</td>
<td align="center">2.06</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
<td align="center">2.55</td>
<td align="center">0.39</td>
<td align="center">113.48</td>
<td align="center">0.59</td>
<td align="center">6.39</td>
<td align="center">3.20</td>
<td align="center">1.38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B62</td>
<td align="center">20.90</td>
<td align="center">42.90</td>
<td align="center">4.51</td>
<td align="center">17.00</td>
<td align="center">3.53</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">2.92</td>
<td align="center">0.53</td>
<td align="center">2.56</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">1.56</td>
<td align="center">0.27</td>
<td align="center">1.70</td>
<td align="center">0.26</td>
<td align="center">99.86</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">8.82</td>
<td align="center">3.82</td>
<td align="center">1.42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B63</td>
<td align="center">15.00</td>
<td align="center">33.60</td>
<td align="center">3.40</td>
<td align="center">13.00</td>
<td align="center">2.43</td>
<td align="center">0.97</td>
<td align="center">2.04</td>
<td align="center">0.36</td>
<td align="center">1.84</td>
<td align="center">0.39</td>
<td align="center">0.98</td>
<td align="center">0.52</td>
<td align="center">1.19</td>
<td align="center">0.18</td>
<td align="center">75.89</td>
<td align="center">1.33</td>
<td align="center">9.04</td>
<td align="center">3.98</td>
<td align="center">1.42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B64</td>
<td align="center">13.40</td>
<td align="center">29.20</td>
<td align="center">2.93</td>
<td align="center">10.80</td>
<td align="center">2.30</td>
<td align="center">0.52</td>
<td align="center">1.80</td>
<td align="center">0.31</td>
<td align="center">1.47</td>
<td align="center">0.34</td>
<td align="center">0.82</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">1.10</td>
<td align="center">0.16</td>
<td align="center">65.32</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">8.74</td>
<td align="center">3.76</td>
<td align="center">1.35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B65</td>
<td align="center">8.58</td>
<td align="center">21.40</td>
<td align="center">1.81</td>
<td align="center">7.18</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
<td align="center">0.32</td>
<td align="center">1.23</td>
<td align="center">0.22</td>
<td align="center">1.10</td>
<td align="center">0.30</td>
<td align="center">0.69</td>
<td align="center">0.14</td>
<td align="center">0.90</td>
<td align="center">0.12</td>
<td align="center">45.34</td>
<td align="center">0.74</td>
<td align="center">6.82</td>
<td align="center">4.07</td>
<td align="center">1.13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B66</td>
<td align="center">32.50</td>
<td align="center">61.70</td>
<td align="center">7.12</td>
<td align="center">25.90</td>
<td align="center">4.85</td>
<td align="center">0.96</td>
<td align="center">3.87</td>
<td align="center">0.64</td>
<td align="center">2.78</td>
<td align="center">0.61</td>
<td align="center">1.72</td>
<td align="center">0.29</td>
<td align="center">1.95</td>
<td align="center">0.31</td>
<td align="center">145.20</td>
<td align="center">0.68</td>
<td align="center">11.95</td>
<td align="center">4.33</td>
<td align="center">1.64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B67</td>
<td align="center">15.30</td>
<td align="center">31.20</td>
<td align="center">2.67</td>
<td align="center">10.80</td>
<td align="center">1.82</td>
<td align="center">0.34</td>
<td align="center">1.51</td>
<td align="center">0.25</td>
<td align="center">1.15</td>
<td align="center">0.26</td>
<td align="center">0.71</td>
<td align="center">0.13</td>
<td align="center">0.86</td>
<td align="center">0.13</td>
<td align="center">67.13</td>
<td align="center">0.63</td>
<td align="center">12.72</td>
<td align="center">5.43</td>
<td align="center">1.45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B68</td>
<td align="center">36.30</td>
<td align="center">67.80</td>
<td align="center">6.97</td>
<td align="center">27.00</td>
<td align="center">4.93</td>
<td align="center">0.89</td>
<td align="center">4.20</td>
<td align="center">0.58</td>
<td align="center">3.00</td>
<td align="center">0.63</td>
<td align="center">1.71</td>
<td align="center">0.34</td>
<td align="center">2.25</td>
<td align="center">0.35</td>
<td align="center">156.94</td>
<td align="center">0.60</td>
<td align="center">11.57</td>
<td align="center">4.75</td>
<td align="center">1.54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B69</td>
<td align="center">11.60</td>
<td align="center">24.00</td>
<td align="center">2.19</td>
<td align="center">9.02</td>
<td align="center">1.48</td>
<td align="center">0.30</td>
<td align="center">1.37</td>
<td align="center">0.23</td>
<td align="center">0.99</td>
<td align="center">0.27</td>
<td align="center">0.67</td>
<td align="center">0.12</td>
<td align="center">0.83</td>
<td align="center">0.13</td>
<td align="center">53.20</td>
<td align="center">0.65</td>
<td align="center">10.00</td>
<td align="center">5.06</td>
<td align="center">1.36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">SHP-B70</td>
<td align="center">12.40</td>
<td align="center">24.10</td>
<td align="center">2.37</td>
<td align="center">9.25</td>
<td align="center">1.67</td>
<td align="center">0.35</td>
<td align="center">1.52</td>
<td align="center">0.26</td>
<td align="center">1.26</td>
<td align="center">0.30</td>
<td align="center">0.72</td>
<td align="center">0.13</td>
<td align="center">0.84</td>
<td align="center">0.11</td>
<td align="center">55.29</td>
<td align="center">0.68</td>
<td align="center">10.59</td>
<td align="center">4.79</td>
<td align="center">1.50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">PAAS</td>
<td align="center">38.20</td>
<td align="center">79.60</td>
<td align="center">8.83</td>
<td align="center">33.90</td>
<td align="center">5.55</td>
<td align="center">1.08</td>
<td align="center">4.66</td>
<td align="center">0.77</td>
<td align="center">4.68</td>
<td align="center">0.99</td>
<td align="center">2.85</td>
<td align="center">0.41</td>
<td align="center">2.82</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
<td align="center">184.77</td>
<td align="left"/>
<td align="center">9.72</td>
<td align="center">4.44</td>
<td align="center">1.37</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
<fig id="F5" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 5</label>
<caption>
<p>
<bold>(A)</bold> Zhongbao Formtion Clastic rock REE pattern; <bold>(B)</bold> Mayinggou Formation Clastic rock REE pattern; <bold>(C)</bold> North China Craton granite rock REE pattern; <bold>(D)</bold> North Qilian Ophiolite REE pattern; <bold>(E)</bold> Dunhuang volcanic rock REE pattern; <bold>(F)</bold> North Qilian acid volcanic arc rock REE pattern.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g005.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>The total content of rare earth elements (&#x3a3;REE) in the Zhongbao Formation showed remarkable variability (126.99&#x2013;203.57 ppm, average &#x3d; 160.79 ppm) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T3">Table 3</xref>), which was significantly lower than the value in the PAAS standard (184.77 ppm) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Taylor and McLennan, 1985</xref>).</p>
<p>The light rare earth element values ranged from 110.79 to 182.66 ppm, with an average of 143.72 ppm. The HREE content was 12.35&#x2013;21.5 ppm, with an average value of 17.06 ppm. The average LREE/HREE ratio was 8.42, with a range of 7.1&#x2013;9.64. The (LaN/YbN) ratio ranges from 6.23 to 10.29, with an average value of 8.68. The Eu/Eu&#x2a; values showed a negative anomaly overall, with an average Eu/Eu&#x2a; value of 0.68 and a range of 0.47&#x2013;0.83, which is significantly higher than the value of PAAS.</p>
<p>The range of &#x3a3;REE in the Mayinggou Formation was 45.34&#x2013;156.94 ppm, with an average value of 87.86 ppm. The content of LREEs (40.65&#x2013;143.89 ppm, average 79.36 ppm) was significantly higher than that of HREEs (4.6&#x2013;15.27 ppm, average 8.4 ppm). It is like the distribution of rare earth elements in shale (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B42">Ketris and Yudovich, 2009</xref>). The LREE/HREE ratio ranged from 6.43 to 12.44, with an average of 9.45. The LaN/YbN ratio varies from 6.39 to 11.59, with an average of 9.66. The siltstone has no negative Eu anomaly, and the fluctuation range is 0.58&#x2013;1.33 (average 0.73).</p>
</sec>
</sec>
</sec>
<sec sec-type="discussion" id="s5">
<title>5 Discussion</title>
<sec id="s5-1">
<title>5.1 Paleoweathering indexes and paleoclimate implications</title>
<p>Enhanced chemical weathering under wet conditions leads to leaching out of alkali metals and alkali metal elements (Na, Ca, and K). On the other hand, the content of Si and Al in the residue is increased (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Akarish and El-Gohary, 2008</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B58">Moosavirad et al., 2011</xref>). Among different weathering indexes, the most commonly used ancient weathering indexes to evaluate the degree of chemical weathering in the source area are the chemical index of alteration (CIA) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Nesbitt and Young, 1982</xref>), plagioclase index of alteration (PIA) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Fedo et al., 1995</xref>), and chemical index of weathering (CIW) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Harnois, 1988</xref>). Using the method proposed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">McLennan (1993)</xref>, the CIA, CIW, and PIA values of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formation samples were calculated, and the results are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>.</p>
<p>In this paper, the CIA was used to understand the intensity of chemical weathering in the provenance areas. The CIA can use the formula (molecular ratio) to calculate</p>
<p>
<inline-formula id="inf1">
<mml:math id="m1">
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mtext>CIA</mml:mtext>
<mml:mo>&#x3d;</mml:mo>
<mml:mn>100</mml:mn>
<mml:mo>&#xd7;</mml:mo>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mfenced open="[" close="]" separators="|">
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mtext>Al</mml:mtext>
<mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi>
<mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:mo>/</mml:mo>
<mml:mrow>
<mml:mfenced open="(" close=")" separators="|">
<mml:mrow>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mtext>Al</mml:mtext>
<mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi>
<mml:mn>3</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:mo>&#x2b;</mml:mo>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mtext>Na</mml:mtext>
<mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi>
<mml:mo>&#x2b;</mml:mo>
<mml:mtext>CaO</mml:mtext>
<mml:mo>&#x2a;</mml:mo>
<mml:mo>&#x2b;</mml:mo>
<mml:msub>
<mml:mi mathvariant="normal">K</mml:mi>
<mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
</mml:msub>
<mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mfenced>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mfenced>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:mrow>
</mml:math>
</inline-formula> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Nesbitt and Young, 1982</xref>).</p>
<p>In the equation, CaO&#x2a; is the amount of CaO added to the silicate component of the rock. The CaO content was corrected to be the contribution of carbonate. The ratio of dolomite to calcite is difficult to determine. Therefore, the hypothesis of Bock et al. (1998) is adopted. It states that CaO values were used only in CaO&#x3c;Na<sub>2</sub>O; if Na<sub>2</sub>O&#x3e;CaO, CaO is assumed to be Na<sub>2</sub>O. Based on the classification method of Fedo et al. (1985), we have included the research results of chemical weathering intensity of some glacial sediments in different regions (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Nesbitt and Young, 1982</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B62">Nesbitt and Young, 1989</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B63">Nesbitt et al., 1996</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Chen et al., 2014</xref>).</p>
<p>At the Ordovician&#x2013;Silurian boundary, the CIA value of Zhongbao Formation samples decreased first and then increased; then, there was a greater degree of repetition, from bottom up, ranging from 59.98 to 70.61 (average 65.83). The CIA value of the lower part of the Zhongbao Formation was between 66.71 and 74.46 (average 70.08), which decreased to the lowest point. The CIA value of the upper part of the Zhongbao Formation increased significantly, ranging from 66.8 to 73.97 (average 70.19). At the top part of the Zhongbao formation, the value decreased to 73.86. Upward, the CIA value quickly recovered to a higher value (81.31) at the bottom part of the Mayinggou Formation. The CIA value of the Mayinggou Formation increased from bottom to top, mainly ranging from 71.26 to 81.31, with an average of 74.49.</p>
<p>The trend of the CIW and PIA values in Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations is similar to the CIA values. The CIW and PIA values of the bottom of the Zhongbao Formation samples range from 61.64 to 78.75 and 64.59 to 98.92, respectively. At the lower part of the Zhongbao Formation, they increase from 72.34 to 87.72 and 75.51 to 90.27, and the upper part is higher. The values at the top of the Zhongbao Formation are 70.77&#x2013;82.19 and 73.68&#x2013;84.80. At the bottom part of the Mayinggou Formation, the values of the CIW and PIA rapidly recover to higher values (90.02 and 92.74). The CIW and PIA values of the Mayinggou formation increase from bottom up gradually, which range from 78.75 to 98.02 (average. 94.00) and 74.49 to 97.51 (average 92.42), respectively.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, a high CIA value (80&#x2013;100) directs humid and hot tropical climate environments and strong chemical weathering. A low CIA value (50&#x2013;60) directs a cold and arid climate and weak chemical weathering. Medium CIA values (60&#x2013;80) direct humid and warm climate environments and moderate chemical weathering (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Fedo et al., 1995</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yan et al., 2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B49">Ma et al., 2015</xref>).</p>
<p>The CIA values of the Lower Zhongbao Formation (59.98&#x2013;70.61) indicate a low degree of chemical weathering, which may indicate the arid and cold climatic environments in the source region. All the above are in accordance with the widespread presence of glaciers in the Late Ordovician (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">Huff et al., 1992</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Bergstr&#xf6;m et al., 1995</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Chen et al., 2006</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B55">Melchin and Holmden, 2006</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Astini et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B87">Yan et al., 2009a</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B89">2009b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Fan et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">Ge et al., 2019</xref>). In the upward direction, the CIA value of the Zhongbao Formation increased from 66.71 to 74.46, and the CIA value of the top of the Zhongbao Formation continued to be low (CIA<sub>B40</sub> &#x3d; 66.80), varying between 73.83 and 73.97. These values indicate a humid and warm climate and weak weathering of sediments (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B60">Nesbitt and Young, 1982</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B62">1989</xref>). The CIA values return to relatively high values at the base of the Mayinggou Formation (CIA<sub>B61</sub> &#x3d; 81.31), which may indicate the beginning of warming and the end of glaciation (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>).</p>
<p>Weathering can also be assessed using CIW and PIA values. The CIW values of the Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations vary from 64.59 to 98.89, which indicate that the source rock weathering degree is moderate to severe (CIW<sub>B40</sub> &#x3d; 70.77; CIW<sub>B61</sub> &#x3d; 97.52). Because the method uses total aluminum and does not adjust for aluminum in potassium feldspar, the obtained CIW values are misguided because they produce very high dates for rocks high in potassium content, whether chemically weathered or not, and therefore, they cannot be used directly where the substrate composition changes (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Fedo et al., 1995</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>). The unweathered plagioclase PIA value is 50, and the maximum PIA value is 100 (hydrargillite and kaolinite) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Fedo et al., 1995</xref>). The two formation PIA values range from 61.64 to 98.4 (PIA<sub>B40</sub> &#x3d; 73.86; PIA<sub>B61</sub> &#x3d; 98.03), showing a moderate-to-high degree of decomposition decay.</p>
<p>Lower Sr/Cu ratios usually indicate a relatively warm and humid paleoclimate, where Sr/Cu &#x3e; 10.0 indicates cold and dry climatic conditions, 5.0 &#x3c; Sr/Cu &#x3c; 10.0 reflects semihumid&#x2013;semiarid conditions, and Sr/Cu &#x3c; 5.0 indicates warm and humid conditions (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B97">Zhang et al., 2023</xref>). In this study, CaO &#x3c;7.0% was selected as the threshold to exclude the influence of carbonation on the Sr concentration (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B50">Madhavaraju, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B78">Wei and Algeo, 2020</xref>).</p>
<p>The paleoclimate characteristics reflected by the Sr/Cu ratios are consistent, and the paleoclimate ranges from cool and arid climatic environments (3.34 &#x3c; Sr/Cu &#x3c; 10.18) in the Lower Zhongbao Formation to a humid and warm climate (0.94 &#x3c; Sr/Cu &#x3c; 3.51) in the top of the Zhongbao Formation. The Sr/Cu values return to relatively low values at the base of the Mayinggou Formation (Sr/Cu <sub>B62</sub> &#x3d; 1.07), which may indicate the beginning of warming and the end of glaciation (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>).</p>
<p>According to the A-CN-K diagram (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">Nesbitt and Young, 1984</xref>) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6</xref>), the two formation samples are located above the plagioclase&#x2013;potassium feldspar junction, with a good linear trend extending toward end A apex. These study samples were mainly gathered between granite and andesite sources. Due to the occurrence of post-sedimentary potassium metasomatism, the weathering trend line deviated from the predicted line and moved toward the apex of K<sub>2</sub>O (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F6">Figure 6</xref>, dotted arrow line). On the A-CN-K diagram, the sample is plotted at a commensurate position between 50 and 75. On the A-CN-K ternary diagram, the sample is plotted at a commensurate position between 50 and 75 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Fedo et al., 1996</xref>). It is inferred that the weathering intensity of the hydrocarbon source area is moderate. All of these infer that the weathering intensity of the source area is moderate.</p>
<fig id="F6" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 6</label>
<caption>
<p>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;CaO&#x2a;&#x2b;Na<sub>2</sub>O&#x2013;K<sub>2</sub>O ternary diagram for shales and siltstones of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B61">Nesbitt and Young, 1984</xref>).</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g006.tif"/>
</fig>
</sec>
<sec id="s5-2">
<title>5.2 Provenance and tectonic setting</title>
<p>The geochemistry of sediments is always influenced by hydraulic sorting, which controls the distribution of some trace elements (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2014</xref>). Sc is concentrated in mafic rocks, while Zr is concentrated in zircon. So, zircon can be traced using the Zr/Sc ratio. Zircon enrichment in clastic sedimentary rocks can be studied in Zr/Sc and Th/Sc relationships (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">McLennan, 1993</xref>). Zr/Sc ratios vary significantly with Th/Sc ratios in mature or recirculated sediments, while Th/Sc is generally positively correlated with Zr/Sc in first-cycle sediments. These depend on the character of the provenance rocks (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">McLennan, 1993</xref>). In the Zr/Sc <italic>versus</italic> Th/Sc scatter plot (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F7">Figure 7</xref>), the two formation samples appear along the variation trend of rock magmatic composition on the whole, indicating that no notable sedimentary sorting and recirculation occurred in the rocks.</p>
<fig id="F7" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 7</label>
<caption>
<p>Th/Sc <italic>versus</italic> Zr/Sc diagram for the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou Formation siltstones (McLennan et al., 1993).</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g007.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>The geochemical value of the clastic sediments is dominantly used to ascertain the source area and structural setting (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">Cullers, 1995</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B54">McLennan, 1993</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2004</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Armstrong-Altrin, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">Zaid, 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">Zaid, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Madhavaraju et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B53">Madhavaraju et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B51">Madhavaraju et al., 2021</xref>). The sandstones from Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations were plotted in the intermediate and felsic field (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F8">Figure 8</xref>) from the SiO<sub>2</sub> vs. Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> diagram (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">Le Bas et al., 1986</xref>).</p>
<fig id="F8" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 8</label>
<caption>
<p>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> vs. SiO<sub>2adj</sub> relationship for the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou Formation siltstones (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B43">Le Bas et al., 1986</xref>)</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g008.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>
<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">Girty et al. (1996)</xref> argued that if the clastic sedimentary rocks were derived from felsic rocks, the specific values of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and TiO<sub>2</sub> would be between 19 and 28, and if the clastic sediments were derived from basic rocks, the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> ratio would be less than 14. The Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> ratio of the two formations ranged from 16.9 to 47.71, with an average value of 22.76, reflecting that the source rocks were mainly felsic rocks. Furthermore, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Roser and Korsch (1988)</xref> established a discriminant formula for the source of sediments. It can be observed from the F1&#x2013;F2 and F3&#x2013;F4 discriminant maps (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F9">Figure 9</xref>) that the provenance of the two formation samples is mainly sedimentary rocks.</p>
<fig id="F9" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 9</label>
<caption>
<p>Discrimination diagrams for the provenance signature of sedimentary rocks of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations using major elements (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Roser and Korsch, 1988</xref>). F1&#x3d;&#x2212;1.773 TiO<sub>2</sub> &#x2b; 0.607 Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 0.76 Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
<sup>T</sup>&#x2013;1.5 MgO &#x2b; 0.616 CaO &#x2b; 0.509 Na<sub>2</sub>O&#x2013;1.224 K<sub>2</sub>O&#x2013;9.09; F2 &#x3d; 0.445 TiO<sub>2</sub> &#x2b; 0.07 Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;0.25 Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
<sup>T</sup>&#x2013;1.142 MgO &#x2b; 0.438 CaO &#x2b; 1.475 Na<sub>2</sub>O &#x2b; 1.426 K<sub>2</sub>O&#x2013;6.861; F3&#x3d;30.638 TiO<sub>2</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;12.541 Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
<sup>T</sup>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 7.329 MgO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 12.03 Na<sub>2</sub>O/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 35.4 K<sub>2</sub>O/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;6.382; F4 &#x3d; 56.5 TiO<sub>2</sub>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;10.879 Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
<sup>T</sup>/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 30.875 MgO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;5.404 Na<sub>2</sub>O/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> &#x2b; 11.11 K<sub>2</sub>O/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;3.89.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="feart-12-1334982-g009.tif"/>
</fig>
<p>According to the REE patterns (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5A,B</xref>), the LREE section dips show a notable right decreas, showing medium&#x2013;low fractionation of LREEs, and the HREE section has a smaller slope, indicating weak fractionation of HREEs. The North China Craton granite shows weakly negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu&#x2a;&#x3d; 0.86&#x2013;1.13) and enriched LREE patterns with high (La/Yb) ratios (60.5&#x2013;90.0) in the REE patterns (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5C</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B102">Zhou et al., 2011</xref>). The North Qilian ophiolite generally features a weak negative Eu anomaly (Eu/Eu&#x2a;&#x3d; 0.77&#x2013;1.0) and slightly enriched REE pattern ((La/Yb) N &#x3d; 1.01&#x2013;2.56) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5D</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">Song et al., 2013</xref>). The Dunhuang volcanic rocks display moderate fractionation between LREEs and HREEs ((La/Yb) N &#x3d; 3.62&#x2013;4.38), with no Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu&#x2a;&#x3d; 0.92&#x2013;1.05) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5E</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B77">Wang et al., 2017</xref>). The North Qilian volcanic arc rocks generally feature medium&#x2013;low fractionation of LREEs to HREEs ([La/Yb] N &#x3d; 6.48&#x2013;23.28); the LREE section dips steeply, which is shown as a notable right decrease (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5F</xref>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">Liang, 2017</xref>). A comparison with the different source rocks located near the study area shows that the REE characteristics of the samples from the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations are in agreement with the North Qilian volcanic arc rocks. These indicate that the formation environment of the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formation sedimentary rocks was mainly related to the active continental margin volcanic arc rocks.</p>
<p>The La/Th-Hf diagram is a widely used source identification map (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Gu, et al., 2002</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2004</xref>). Several trace elements, such as Hf, La, and Th, were considered steady during sedimentation, so their concentration and element ratio can be used to distinguish provenance (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Taylor and McLennan, 1985</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook, 1986</xref>). The Hf vs. La/Th diagram is widely used to discriminate the source area (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Floyd and Leveridge, 1987</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Gu, et al., 2002</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2004</xref>). In the Hf-La/Th discrimination graph (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F10">Figure 10</xref>), most study samples are dispersed in or near long silicon source fields and felsic/basic source-mixed regions.</p>
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<p>Hf-La/Th diagrams (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Floyd and Leveridge, 1987</xref>) of the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou Formation siltstones.</p>
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<p>REEs and Th are enriched in felsic magmatic rocks and their weathering products, while Cr, Sc, and Co are enriched in felsic magmatic rocks (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2013</xref>). The ratios of La/Sc, Cr/Th, Th/Sc, and Th/Co were significantly different in mafic and felsic rocks, which could offer information about the source area (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B79">Wronkiewicz and Condie, 1989</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Condie and Wronkiewicz, 1990</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Armstrong-Altrin et al., 2013</xref>). The La/Sc, Th/Co, Cr/Th, and Th/Sc ratios are closer to those of felsic provenances than those of basic source rocks (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>), suggesting that clastic sediments are derived from felsic source rocks.</p>
<p>Sedimentary rocks, where rare earth elements are less active and less soluble in water, can also provide important information about the source area (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">Taylor and McLennan, 1985</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook, 1986</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Floyd and Leveridge, 1987</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Gu et al., 2002</xref>). The chondrite-normalized rare earth model of the two formation samples is shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F5">Figure 5</xref>. The distribution pattern of the two formation samples is similar to those of PAAS and upper continental crust normalization values (UCC), indicating that the study samples came from upper crustal rocks. The two formation samples showed negative Eu anomalies compared with UCC and PAAS (Eu/Eu&#x2a;&#x3d; 0.42&#x2013;0.81, &#x3b4;Eu<sub>AVG</sub> &#x3d; 0.68). Overall, it can be inferred that the study clastic sediments were perhaps sourced from the felsic rocks. It was probably positioned on thinned continental or transitional continental crust, a situation that resulted in a lack of volcanic material more felsic than andesite (Hou et al., 2018). All of these observations imply that the rocks of the study area may come from the active continental margin background.</p>
<p>The structural setting of the Zhongbao and Mayinggou formations is a key factor restricting the Paleozoic tectonic history of Northern Qilian and northern Tibetan Plateau. Structural background discriminant graphs based on the major and trace elements are widely used to judge the tectonic setting of the sedimentary basins (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Roser and Korsch, 1988</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B65">Purevjav and Roser, 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Yan et al., 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">Hou et al., 2020</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Hou et al., 2021</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">Zaid, 2015</xref>; 2017a; 2017b; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Roser and Korsch, 1986</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Roser and Korsch, 1988</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook, 1986</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B65">Purevjav and Roser, 2012</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Bhatia, 1983</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Bhatia, 1985</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B66">Ramirez-Montoya et al., 2021</xref>).</p>
<p>The tectonic environment of the unknown basin was evaluated using the detrital principal element diagram introduced by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Bhatia (1983)</xref> and <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Roser and Korsch (1986)</xref>. In the binary discriminant function diagram introduced by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Bhatia (1983)</xref>, two formations of plot samples are observed in the active continental margin field (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F11">Figure 11</xref>). In the ternary diagrams proposed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B72">Roser and Korsch (1988)</xref>, the active continental environment was the most probable scenario for the provenance (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F12">Figure 12</xref>), and few samples fall in the passive margin, affected by metamorphic and tectonic events, so their plotted points were sparsely distributed.</p>
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<p>Discrimination function analysis classification plot of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou Formation siltstones (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Bhatia, 1983</xref>). OIA, oceanic island arc; CIA, continental island arc; ACM, active continental margin; PM, passive margin.</p>
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<p>Tectonic discrimination diagrams for Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou Formation siltstones (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B71">Roser and Korsch, 1986</xref>). ARC, island arc; ACM, active continental margin; PM, passive margin.</p>
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<p>Two new discriminant functions, which were based on the major elements for the structural discrimination of siliceous clastic sedimentary rocks, were proposed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Verma and Armstrong-Altrin (2013)</xref>. They are used to distinguish the tectonic environments of continental or island arc, collision, and rift. The discrimination graphs can have two scopes, high-silica type (63%&#x2013;95%) and low-silica type (35%&#x2013;63%), according to the content of SiO<sub>2adj.</sub> The content of SiO<sub>2</sub> in the detrital sediments of the two formations is mostly &#x3e;63%. The high silicon diagram introduced by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Verma and Armstrong-Altrin (2013)</xref> was used to confirm the possible tectonic environment of the provenance region. The discriminant graph result provides a conclusion that the study sedimentary rocks came from an active continental margin zone (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F13">Figure 13</xref>).</p>
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<p>Discriminant function multi-dimensional diagram proposed by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B76">Verma and Armstrong-Altrin (2013)</xref> for high-silica (63%&#x3c;SiO<sub>2adj</sub> &#x2264; 95%) clastic sediments from three tectonic settings (arc, rift, and collision [Col.]).</p>
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<p>Some trace elements with low activity, such as Zr, Y, Th, Sc, and Nb, are most suitable for distinguishing sedimentary provenance and tectonic environment (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Bhatia, 1985</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook, 1986</xref>). In the diagrams of La-Th-Sc, Th-Co-Zr/10, and Th-Sc-Zr/10 introduced by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook (1986)</xref>, most of the two formation samples were located in or near the active continental margin field <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F14">Figure 14</xref>. Although there are certain limitations in each provenance discrimination graph, it can be confirmed from each provenance discrimination diagram that the two formations of sandstones mainly come from the active continental margin. In conclusion, the global geochemical features of the discriminant graphs indicate that the tectonic setting of the provenance area is highly possible in the North Qilian active continental margin volcanic arc rocks.</p>
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<p>La-Th-Sc, Th-Co-Zr/10, and Th-Sc-Zr/10 plots of the siltstones from Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section for tectonic setting discrimination. Dotted lines represent the dominant fields for sedimentary rocks from various tectonic settings (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Bhatia and Crook, 1986</xref>): A: oceanic island arc; B: continental island arc; C: active continental margin; and D: passive margin.</p>
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<title>5.3 Sedimentary history of the North Qilian area across the Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian</title>
<p>Regional sea level changes are usually controlled by global sea level changes, paleoclimate, sediment supply, and tectonic activity. In the Upper Ordovician, under the influence of the Caledonian movement, the tectonic compression of the North Qilian orogenic belt continued to intensify (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B104">Zuo and Liu, 1987</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">Liu, 1988</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B80">Xia et al., 1996</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B105">Zuo and Wu, 1997</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B86">Xu et al., 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Cowgill et al., 2003</xref>). Due to the accretion of the North China plate and the Middle Qilian block, the uplift around the North Qilian belt has been expanding, and the interior has been bending downward. The basement of the basin has decreased, but the sea level has risen relatively (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B40">H&#xfc;s et al., 1995</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B91">Yan et al., 2007</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B83">Xiao et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B88">Yan et al., 2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Yuan and Yang, 2015</xref>). The Late Ordovician was a period of upheaval in the earth system (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B85">Xu et al., 1994</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B80">Xia et al., 1996</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B98">Zhang et al., 1997</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Xia et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B95">Zhang et al., 1998</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B82">Xia et al., 2003</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B74">Song et al., 2013</xref>).</p>
<p>During the Ordovician&#x2013;Silurian transition, the North Qilian orogenic belt was influenced by the mass extinction, the end-Ordovician oceanic upturn, the continental shelf environment surrounded by local plate tectonics and orogenic uplift in the lower paleolatitude, and the fluctuation in the sea level rise (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">Li et al., 2017a</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B92">Yuan and Yang, 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B83">Xiao et al., 2009</xref>). The Shihuigou outcrop area developed into a semi-closed basin constrained by marginal uplift and deposited silty mudstone in the lower part of the Zhongbao Formation. Then, the Gondwana glaciation started, the climate began to dry and cool, ice continued to form, and the global sea level dropped (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Fan et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B70">Rong et al., 2010</xref>), which stayed the same with the decrease in CIA values in the lower Zhongbao Formation (from 74.49 to 66.71). Black chert was deposited in the Yongdeng area of the upper Zhongbao Formation because the rate of basement decrease was greater than the rate of sea level decline caused by glaciation. In the Early Silurian, the collision between the Center Qilian block and the North China plate intensified, the global sea levels rose, the glaciation ended, and the climate began to get wetter and warmer (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B99">Zhang et al., 2000</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B87">Yan et al., 2009a</xref>), which stayed the same with the increase in the CIA value (from 73.86 to 81.31) at the bottom of the Mayinggou Formation. Ice melting and basin basement decrease promoted the deposition of silty mudstone at the bottom of Mayinggou formation.</p>
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<p>On account of the petrological characteristics and geochemical analysis of Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formation (Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian) siltstones in Shihuigou outcrop, the following conclusions are drawn:<list list-type="simple">
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<p>(1) The studied clastic sedimentary rocks consist mainly of clay mineral, quartz, and few mica. Geochemically, the samples from the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations have chondrite-normalized REE patterns similar to that of the North Qilian volcanic arc rocks, which are characterized by weak negative Eu anomaly, with a slight LREE enrichment accompanied by a flat HREE trend.</p>
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<p>(2) The CIA, CIW, and PIA indexes showed that the weathering environment in the study area changed from weak to moderate to intense. The undulation of the CIA value reflects the change in climate from cold to warm in the Ordovician to the Silurian. The CIA value of the upper part of the Zhongbao Formation was continuously low (66.71%&#x2013;73.97%), and the climate was relatively dry and cold, which was the same with the wide range of Gondwana glaciation in these periods. The CIA values return to a relatively high value (81.31%) at the base of the Mayinggou Formation, which may indicate the beginning of warming and the end of glaciation.</p>
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<p>(3) The Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>&#x2013;(CaO&#x2a;&#x2b;Na<sub>2</sub>O)&#x2013;K<sub>2</sub>O triangular plots, Hf-La/Th, and SiO<sub>2</sub>&#x2013;Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> bivariate plots infer that the source of the siltstones in the two formations is mostly from the felsic igneous rocks. The major element plot graphs and Th-Sc-Zr/10, La-Th-Sc, and Th-Co-Zr/10 triangulation reflect that the clasts of the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations come from the active continental margin.</p>
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<p>(4) Across the Late Ordovician&#x2013;Early Silurian, the end of the Ordovician glaciation and the tectonic activity dominantly controlled the deposition of black chert and silty mudstone in the Zhongbao&#x2013;Mayinggou formations in the Shihuigou section, North Qilian belt.</p>
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