Discovery and significance of microspherules at Lower-Middle Devonian boundary of Guangxi, South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-307

  Bai, Zhiqiang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Microspherules; South China

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; SPHERULE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEKTITE;

CHINA; GUANGXI PROVINCE;

EID: 0033934823     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02906826     Document Type: Article

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