Proposed GSSP for the base of Cambrian Stage 9, coinciding with the first appearance of Agnostotes orientalis, at Duibian, Zhejiang, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-451

  Peng, Shan Chi ^a,b   Babcock, Loren E ^c   Zuo, Jing Xun ^a,d   Lin, Huan Ling ^a   Zhu, Xue Jian ^a,e   Yang, Xian Feng ^a   Qi, Yu Ping ^a   Bagnoli, Gabriella ^f   Wang, Long Wu ^g  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HENAN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g Zhejiang Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian GSSP; China; Chronostratigraphy; FAD of Agnostotes orientalis

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN GSSP; CHINA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAD OF AGNOSTOTES ORIENTALIS; NATURAL OUTCROPS; PALEOCONTINENTS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; ZHEJIANG; ZHEJIANG PROVINCES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

AGNOSTOIDEA; AGNOSTOTES ORIENTALIS; IRVINGELLA;

EID: 65249115212     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0045-8     Document Type: Article

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