Sedimentary characteristics and geological significance of turbidites in the Lower Cambrian Qingxudong Formation at Huayuan county, northwestern Hunan

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-358

  Kuang, Wenlong ^a   Yang, Shaoxiang ^b   Yu, Peiran ^b   Lao, Ketong ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b No 405 Geological Team of Hunan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Huayuan in northwestern Hunan; NEE strike faults; Sedimentary characteristics; Splitting of the Rodinia supercontinent; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HUNAN;

EID: 49249133558     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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