The Devonian system of China, with a discussion on sea-level change in South China

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 314, Issue , 2009, Pages 241-262

  Ma, Xueping P ^a   Liao, Weihua ^b   Wang, Deming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC ROCK; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; STRINGOCEPHALUS;

EID: 70349179975     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP314.13     Document Type: Article

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