Distribution of black shale in the Wufeng-Longmaxi formations (ordovician--silurian), south china: major controlling factors and implications

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 819-827

  Su, Wen Bo ^a   Li, Zhi Ming ^b   Ettensohn, Frank R ^c   Johnson, Markes E ^d   Huff, Warren D ^e   Wang, Wei ^a   Ma, Chao ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhao, Hui Jing ^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; Eustasy; Lithospheric flexure; Ordovician Silurian source rocks; Plate accretion in South China

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

BLACK SHALE; CHINA; EUSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN SOURCE ROCKS;

SHALE;

EID: 37349082408     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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