Research Article

Distribution of Trace Elements, Sr-C Isotopes, and Sedimentary Characteristics as Paleoenvironmental Indicator of the Late Permian Linxi Formation in the Linxi Area, Eastern Inner Mongolia

Table 3

Carbon isotopic data of Permian-Early Triassic carbonate rocks in Linxi area and other regions.

C isotope (Linxi Formation of Permian in Linxi area, Inner Mongolia, China)

Sample numberLG3-7TLG15-1TLG51-2TLG72-1TLG72-5TLG72-8TLG72-13TLG73-1TLG73-2CT
δ13C−4.0−0.3−0.40.12.4−3.3−3.2−0.2−2.6

C isotope (lacustrine carbonate of Triassic in Linxi area, Inner Mongolia, China)

Sample numberBLS-2BLS-3BLS-4BLS-5BLS-6BLS-7BLS-8BLS-9BLS-11
δ13C−6.5−7.4−9.4−8.6−11.0−9.9−8.7−11.4−8.5

1C isotope (marine limestone of Permian and lacustrine limestone of Triassic, Inner Mongolia, China)

δ13CP2−1.15−0.71−2.89T1−6.22−6.22−12.41−4.18

2C isotope (marine carbonate of Permian in Khorat basin, Thailand)

δ13C2.063.774.173.013.122.750.884.52−2.78

3C isotope (marine limestone of the Changhsingian late Permian, Changxing, Zhejiang, China)

δ13C−3.00.0−0.4−0.31.00.93.71.93.9
2.33.33.80.51.62.9−0.22.22.8
−2.5−1.91.71.51.51.91.52.31.9
2.82.71.42.12.02.42.21.6−1.3
−3.41.81.82.02.52.21.80.5−3.0

1Data from He et al. [1]; 2data from Du et al. [13]; 3data from Li. [14].