Permian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

Shu-zhong Shen1, Hua Zhang1, Yichun Zhang1, Daoxian Yuan1, Bo Chen1, Wei He2, Lin Mu3, Wei Lin3, Wenqian Wang1, Jun Chen4, Qiong Wu1, Changqun Cao3, Yue Wang3, Xiangdong Wang3
1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
2State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
3Centre for Research and Education on Biological Evolution and Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
4State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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