Table 3 Organic petrographical analysis result of Da’anzhai shale.

From: Paleosedimentary environmental reconstruction and mechanisms of the response to the Toarcian OAE in a lacustrine shale system

Submember

Depth (m)

Sapropelite (%)

Exinite (%)

Vitrinite (%)

Inertinite (%)

Type index

Upper

2877.26

0

28

64

8

− 42.0

2880.96

0

28

62

10

− 42.5

2883.80

0

32

60

8

− 37.0

2896.49

0

64

30

6

3.5

Middle

2905.12

0

64

30

6

3.5

2909.55

0

70

25

5

11.3

2914.63

0

53

38

6

− 6.5

2916.82

0

42

50

8

− 24.5

2918.66

0

40

53

7

− 26.8

2921.80

0

65

28

7

4.5

2926.84

0

70

26

4

11.5

2930.31

0

62

32

6

1.0

2933.99

0

64

31

5

3.8

2937.65

0

40

52

8

− 27.0

2941.55

0

28

64

8

− 42.0

2943.32

0

55

39

6

− 7.8

2945.65

0

40

54

6

− 26.5

2946.04

0

38

54

8

− 29.5

2947.24

0

35

55

10

− 33.8

Lower

2950.53

0

62

34

4

1.5