Jianshangou bed of the Yixian formation in West Liaoning, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-312

  Chen, Peiji ^a,b   Wang, Qifei ^a   Zhang, Haichun ^a,b   Cao, Meizhen ^a   Li, Wenben ^a   Wu, Shunqing ^a   Shen, Yanbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy   (China)

Author keywords

J K Boundary; Jehol Biota; Jianshangou Bed; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

J/K BOUNDARY; JEHOL BIOTA; JIANSHANGOU BED; YIXIAN FORMATION;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; BIVALVIA; CONFUCIUSORNIS; DINOSAURIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; OSTRACODA; REPTILIA; SINOSAUROPTERYX;

EID: 27844487564     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0038     Document Type: Review

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