Stratigraphy of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary successions of the Southern margin of the Junggar Basin, Northwestern China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-436

  Sha, Jingeng ^a   Vajda, Vivi ^b   Pan, Yanhong ^a   Larsson, Linda ^b   Yao, Xiaogang ^a   Zhang, Xiaolin ^a   Wang, Yaqiong ^a   Cheng, Xiansheng ^c   Jiang, Baoyu ^d   Deng, Shenghui ^e   Chen, Siwei ^a   Peng, Bo ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PetroChina Xinjiang Oil Field Company   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigrapy; Bivalve; Haojiagou of Junggar Basin; Hettangian Sinemurian; Northwestern China; Palynology; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEAWATER; SUCCESSION; TETHYS; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ALGAE; ALISPORITES; ARATRISPORITES; BIVALVIA; TASMANITES; UNIO;

EID: 79957809238     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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