Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635-551Ma) in South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-849

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Shi, Xiaoying ^b   Zhang, Shihong ^b   Wang, Yue ^c   Xiao, Shuhai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doushantuo Formation; Early animals; Ediacaran; Paleogeography; South China; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79954632898     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.01.006     Document Type: Review

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