Onset of the Kwangsian Orogeny as evidenced by biofacies and lithofacies

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1592-1600

  Chen, Xu ^a   Zhang, YuanDong ^a   Fan, JunXuan ^a   Tang, Lan ^b   Sun, HaiQing ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hunan Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

biofacies and lithofacies; graptolite; Kwangsian Orogeny; Ordovician; South China

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; NATURAL SCIENCES;

GRAPTOLITE; KWANGSIAN OROGENY; LITHOFACIES; ORDOVICIAN; SOUTH CHINA;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOFACIES; GRAPTOLITE; LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; PALEONTOLOGY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84866980770     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4490-4     Document Type: Article

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