Tectonic and eustatic control on the distribution of black-shale source beds in the Wufeng and Longmaxi formations (Ordovician-Silurian), South China

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 470-481

  Su, Wenbo ^a   Li, Zhiming ^b   Ettensohn, F R ^c   Johnson, M E ^d   Huff, W D ^e   Wang, Wei ^a   Ma, Chao ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhao, Huijing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale in South China; Eustasy; Lithospheric flexure; Ordovician Silurian source rocks; Plate accretion

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

TAIWAN; WUFENG;

EID: 36448958755     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-007-0058-6     Document Type: Article

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