Devonian sequence stratigraphy and sea-level change in Longmenshan mountains - An example from the Guixi section in Beichuan county, Sichuan Province

Northwestern Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 58-66

  Chen, Liu Qin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Longmenshan area; Sea level changes; Sequence stratigraphy; The Guixi section

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CARBONATE RAMP; DEVONIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; BEICHUAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 40449140508     PISSN: 10096248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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