Source-controlled carbonates in a small Eocene half-graben lake basin (Shulu Sag) in central Hebei Province, North China

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-292

  Jiang, Zaixing ^a   Chen, Daizhao ^b   Qiu, Longwei ^c   Liang, Hongbin ^d   Ma, Jun ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Carbonates; Debris flow; Half graben; Lake; North China; Tertiary; Varve

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; EOCENE; GRABEN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; VARVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; SHULU SAG;

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33947211286     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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