A review on the definitions of terms of sedimentary facies
作者：Zeng-Zhao Feng
摘要：In recent years,in some papers and manuscripts published in and submitted to the Journal of Palaeogeography(Chinese Edition and English Edition),the authors named the rocks or rock types as"microfacies"or"lithofacies",named the microfeatures in thin-sections under microscope as"microfacies",and named the macrofeatures of rocks as"macrofacies".I wrote two short papers"Words of the Editor-in-Chief—Rocks are not microfacies"(Feng,Journal of Palaeogeography 19(5):II 2017)and"Words of the Editor-in-Chief—Rocks are not lithofacies"(Feng,Journal of Palaeogeography 20(3):452–452,2018)which were in Chinese and published in the Journal of Palaeogeography(Chinese Edition).However,they did not attract much attention of readers in China and outside China.In addition,in1980 s,some Chinese sedimentologists proposed"subfacies"and"microfacies"based on the macrofeatures of rocks from outcrops and drilling cores.However,the definition of this"microfacies"is totally different from the"microfacies"proposed by foreign sedimentologists in 1940 s based on the microfeatures in thin-sections under microscope.These problems appeared repeatedly and forced me,as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Palaeogeography(Chinese Edition and English Edition),to observe the policy of"A hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend",to write new papers"A review on the definitions of terms of sedimentary facies"both in Chinese and in English,to clarify the definitions of the terms of sedimentary facies,i.e.,"facies","lithofacies",two"microfacies","macrofacies","subfacies",etc.I hope that the new papers will attract attention of readers worldwide and they can write papers and participate in the discussion and contending of these problems,strive for getting some common understandings,and therefore promote the progress and development of sedimentology and palaeogeography.
發文機構：Editorial Office of Journal of Palaeogeography China University of Petroleum（Beijing）
關鍵詞：SedimentaryFACIESFACIESLithofaciesMICROFACIESMacrofaciesSubfaciesAhundredFLOWERSblossomandahundredSCHOOLSofthoughtCONTEND
分類號： P53[天文地球—古生物學與地層學][天文地球—地質學]
CSCD- Genus Pronephrium Presl 1851 （Thelypteridaceae） in Romania
- Ancient rip current records and their implications: an example from the Cretaceous Ukra Member, Kutch, India
- New freshwater plesiosaurian materials from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China
- First steps in reconstructing Early Jurassic sea water temperatures in the Andean Basin of northern Chile based on stable isotope analyses of oyster and brachiopod shells
- A facies and palaeogeography-based approach for analysis of petroleum systems in United Arab Emirates
- The complexity of climate reconstructions using the coexistence approach on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
- The use of mineral interfaces in sand-sized volcanic rock fragments to infer mechanical durability
- Fruits of Scirpus (Cyperaceae) from the early Miocene of Weichang,Hebei Province, North China and their palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications
- Words of the Editor-in-Chief——some ideas about the comments and discussions of hyperpycnal flows and hyperpycnites
- Summary of Editorial Committee Meeting (January 5, 2020) of Journal of Palaeogeography