Stratigraphic reconstruction of the Ediacaran Yangtze platform margin (Hunan province, China) using a large olistolith

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-139

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

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doushantuo Formation; Ediacaran; Hunan province; Platform margin drowning; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOMITE; EDIACARAN; OLISTOLITH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 34548689139     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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