Early Palaeozoic Chrono- and Sequence-Stratigraphy in the Yangtze Gorges Area, China with an Approach of Palaeobiogeography

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 627-633

  Chen, Xiaohong ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

EID: 0345823483     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70224-0     Document Type: Article

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