The biostratigraphic succession of acanthomorphic acritarchs of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Yangtze Gorges area, South China and its biostratigraphic correlation with Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-43

  Liu, Pengju ^a   Yin, Chongyu ^a   Chen, Shouming ^a   Tang, Feng ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biostratigraphic correlation; Biostratigraphic succession; Doushantuo Formation; Ediacaran

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; FACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; THREE GORGES;

ACRITARCHA; ECHINOSPHAERIDIUM;

EID: 84872203020     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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