New material of microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Zhangcunping area, Yichang, Hubei Province and its zircon SHRIMP U-Pb age

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1058-1064

  Liu, Pengju ^a   Yin, Chongyu ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^a   Tang, Feng ^a   Chen, Shouming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doushantuo Formation; Ediacaran; Microfossils; Yangtze Gorges; Zircon SHRIMP U Pb age

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449108826     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0589-6     Document Type: Article

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