Research Article

The Evolutionary Characteristics of Lower Permian Keziliqiman Reefs in the Southwest Margin of Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Table 1

EPMA of reef limestone.

SampleTypes of reef limestone and luminescence intensityNa2OMgOCaOBaOSrOSiO2FeOMnOTiO2CO2FeO/MnO

Figure 12(b)Tubiphytes, medium orange red0.0150.86554.4270.0530.05800.0380.036043.7531.06
Clasts wrapped by Tubiphytes, weak light0.020.73154.93500.00700.0350.003043.9511.67
Cement which fills pores, whose core is nonluminescent0.0170.60753.74200.0480.8210.08600.01644.144
Cement which fills pores, whose edge gives off bright red0.0350.27256.43800.037000.0580.01644.681
Figure 12(d)Sea urchin spines, nonluminescent-very weal light0.0420.73754.7880.0150.05500.0680.032043.9192.13
00.88153.580.0630.0560.6610.1660.0270.02444.1656.15
Sea urchin spines, medium luminescent0.0121.2753.8990.034000.0190.056043.750.34
0.0071.24453.7180000.0050.02043.5360.25
Figure 12(e)Micrite which fills the cavities of bryozoans, without being recrystallized0.0490.90453.1720.1850.04100.0770.0680.02342.9351.13
Spar (recrystallized from micrite) which fill the cavities of bryozoans;0.0120.66352.3630.0470.10100.4320.0410.02342.19810.54
Figure 12(h)Brachiopods, nonluminescent0.1590.35854.88500.18600.0380.025043.6931.52
Subascosymplegma, whose bones are nonluminescent0.2240.46455.24700.17400.01100.02444.128