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Provenance and Paleoclimate of the Triassic to Middle Jurassic Adigrat Sandstone,Blue Nile Basin,Central Ethiopia

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Mineralogical and geochemical studies have been undertaken on the Triassic to Lower Jurassic Adigrat Sandstone of the Blue Nile Basin of central Ethiopia to infer its source rock type,paleoweathering,and paleoclimatic history.The Adigrat Sandstone occurs at the basal section of the Mesozoic sedimentary formation and unconformably overlays the Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic crystalline rocks,or locally,the Karroo sediments in the northern Blue Nile Basin.A mineralogical study reveals that quartz(Q),feldspars(F),and lithic fragments(L)are the framework grains of the sandstone.On the QFL diagram,the plot of the modal composition of the sandstone mainly falls within the feldspathic arenite and quartzose arenite fields.The geochemical data of the lower section of the sandstone mainly falls within the arkose and subarkose fields,whereas the upper section data falls within the quartzose and sublithic arenite fields.Mineralogical and geochemical weathering indices indicate that the provenances of the Adigrat Sandstone were exposed to pronounced weathering intensity,where the lower part of the sandstone was controlled by arid to semi-arid conditions,whereas the upper section was linked to humid to semi-humid(tropical to subtropical)climatic conditions.Mineralogical and geochemical data also indicate that mafic to intermediate basement rocks were the primary source rocks of the sediment.Perhaps the sediment was assumed to have been reworked by multi-cyclic sedimentary processes.The discriminant function diagram,the REE pattern,La/Th vs.La/Yb,and the Th-Hf-Co plot are consistent.A comparison of provenance studies for the Adigrat Sandstone in the Blue Nile Basin and the Mekele outlier of northern Ethiopia indicates that the sediment of the former is highly sorted,experienced higher weathering intensity,and compositionally derived from mafic to intermediate crystalline rocks.On the other hand,the sediment of the latter is essentially a weathering product of felsic rocks.

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Bekele BARSISA、Ayalew DEREJE、Kidanemariam GILAMICHAEL、Atnafu BALEMWAL、Rapha?l PIK

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Department of Earth Sciences,Wollega University Nekemte,Ethiopia

Department of Earth Sciences,Addis Ababa University,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

Departments of Anthropology,Geography and Geology,East Los Angeles College,Los Angeles,California,USA

CRPG(UMR 7358 CNRS & Université de Lorraine),15 rue ND des pauvres BP20,54501 Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy Cedex,France

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2024

10.1111/1755-6724.15192

地质学报(英文版)
中国地质学会

地质学报(英文版)

CSTPCD
影响因子：1.414
ISSN：1000-9515
年,卷(期)：2024.98(4)