Large-scale slope instability at the southern margin of the Ediacaran Yangtze platform (Hunan province, central China)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 32-44

  Vernhet, E ^a,b   Heubeck, C ^b   Zhu, M Y ^c   Zhang, J M ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Doushantuo formation; Margin collapse; Slope; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; LIMESTONE; MASS WASTING; OLISTOSTROME; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW WATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLUMPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 33745231764     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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