K-bentonite beds and high-resolution integrated stratigraphy of the uppermost Ordovician Wufeng and the lowest Silurian Longmaxi formations in South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1121-1133

  Su, Wenbo ^a   He, Longqing ^b   Wang, Yongbiao ^c   Gong, Shuyun ^c   Zhou, Huyun ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Event marker; High resolution integrated stratigraphy; K bentonite bed; Ordovician Silurian boundary; Wufeng and Longmaxi formations; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

K-BENTONITE BEDS; VOLCANIC ASHES;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CLAY; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342418963     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/01yd0225     Document Type: Article

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