Carbon and strontium isotope variations and responses tosea-level fluctuations in the Ordovician of the Tarim Basin

P5; Abstract In the Ordovician, a carbonate platform system grading from the platformal interioreastwards to basin was developed in the Tazhong area of the Tarim Basin, and the study column islocated in the place where the paleoslope occurred. The isotope compositions of the carbonatesthere are thus considered as having reflected those of simultaneous sea waters in view of its goodconnection with the open seas. The carbon and strontium isotope compositions of the Ordoviciancarbonates in the Tazhong area are analyzed, and their relationships to the sea-level fluctuationsare discussed as well. Studies have revealed that the carbon isotope composition is related posi-tively with the sea-level fluctuations, whereas an opposing situation occurs to the strontium isotopevariation. Similar responses of carbon and strontium isotope compositions to the sea-level fluctua-tions are reported elsewhere in the world, suggesting that the Ordovician sea-level fluctuations ofthe Tarim Basin were of eustatic implication.