The Changhsingian foraminiferal fauna of a Neotethyan seamount: The Gyanyima Limestone along the Yarlung-Zangbo Suture in Southern Tibet, China

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 308-318

  Wang, Yue ^a   Ueno, Katsumi ^b   Zhang, Yi Chun ^a   Chang Qun, Chang Qunw ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Changhsingian; Foraminifers; Gyanyima limestone; Lopingian; Neotethys; Southern tibet; Upper permian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; FORAMINIFERA; LIMESTONE; LOPINGIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEAMOUNT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS;

CHINA; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; XIZANG;

COLANIELLA; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOFUSULINA;

EID: 77953091715     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1238     Document Type: Article

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