K-bentonite, black-shale and flysch successions at the Ordovician-Silurian transition, South China: Possible sedimentary responses to the accretion of Cathaysia to the Yangtze Block and its implications for the evolution of Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-130

  Su, Wenbo ^a   Huff, Warren D ^b   Ettensohn, Frank R ^c   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Ji'en ^d   Li, Zhiming ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cathaysia Block; Flysch; Geochemistry; Gondwana; K bentonite bearing black shale; Ordovician Silurian transition; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BENTONITE; BLACK SHALE; FLYSCH; GONDWANA; MAGMA; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OROGENY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 57149146299     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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