Geochemistry of the sedimentary rocks from the Nanxiong Basin, South China and implications for provenance, paleoenvironment and paleoclimate at the K/T boundary

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Yan, Yi ^a   Xia, Bin ^a   Lin, Ge ^a   Cui, Xuejun ^a   Hu, Xiaoqiong ^a   Yan, Pin ^b   Zhang, Faqiang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Nanxiong Basin; Paleoclimate; Provenance; South China

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; NANXIONG BASIN;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33947578523     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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