Facies and geochemistry across the Early-Middle Frasnian transition (Late Devonian) on South China carbonate shelf: Comparison with the Polish reference succession

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 130-151

  Ma, Xue Ping ^a   Wang, Cheng Yuan ^b   Racki, Grzegorz ^c   Racka, Maria ^c  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Geochemistry; Lower Middle Frasnian boundary; Palaeoceanography; punctata Event; Rare earth elements; South China; Upper Devonian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBONATE PLATFORM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONODONT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FRASNIAN; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHALLOW WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER MASS;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

PALMATOLEPIS; PALMATOLEPIS PUNCTATA;

EID: 54849415232     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.034     Document Type: Article

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