Limestone pseudoconglomerates in the Late Cambrian Gushan and Chaomidian Formations (Shandong Province, China): Soft-sediment deformation induced by storm-wave loading

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1174-1195

  Chen, Jitao ^a   Chough, Sung Kwun ^a   Chun, Seung Soo ^b   Han, Zuozhen ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential cementation; Early diagenesis; Late Cambrian; Limestone pseudoconglomerate; North China Platform; Soft sediment deformation

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CEMENTATION; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 65649131193     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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