Sedimentary evolution of the Ediacaran Yangtze platform shelf (Hubei and Hunan provinces, Central China)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 99-115

  Vernhet, Elodie ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Doushantuo Formation; Ediacaran; Stratigraphical correlation; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOUSHANTUO FORMATION; EDIACARAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

DEPOSITION;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EDIACARAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; HUBEI; HUNAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 78650836366     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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