The species diversity of fusulinaceans and high-frequency sea-level changes in the Carboniferous-Permian boundary section at Xikou, Zhen'an County, Shaanxi Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 673-683

  Zhang, Haijun ^a   Wang, Xunlian ^b   Ding, Lin ^a   Xia, Guoying ^c   Wang, Lei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous Permian boundary; Fusulinaceans; High frequency cyclothem; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy; Shaanxi; Species diversity; Zhen'an

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

FUSULINACEANS; HIGH-FREQUENCY CYCLOTHEM; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACK;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; CYCLOTHEM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; LIFE HISTORY; PERMIAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

FUSULINACEA; PSEUDOSCHWAGERININAE;

EID: 33750588119     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0673-1     Document Type: Article

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