Devonian Frasnian-Famennian transitional event deposits of Guangxi, South China and their possible tsunami origin

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1570-1580

  Du, Yuan Sheng ^a   Gong, Yi Ming ^a   Zeng, Xiong Wei ^a   Huang, Hong Wei ^a   Yang, Jiang Hai ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Huang, Zhi Qiang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; Event deposits; Frasnian Famennian mass extinction; South China; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BELGIUM; BOLIDE IMPACTS; DEVONIAN; EVENT DEPOSITS; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN MASS EXTINCTION; GUANGXI; NEVADA , USA; SIBERIA; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH CHINAS; TRANSITIONAL EVENTS;

TSUNAMIS;

DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; FACIES; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; HOMOGENEITY; MASS EXTINCTION; TSUNAMI; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 55649118834     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0117-1     Document Type: Article

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