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

Gondwana Research - Tập 19 Số 4 - Trang 831-849 - 2011
Ganqing Jiang1, Xiaoying Shi2, Shihong Zhang2, Yue Wang3, Shuhai Xiao4
1Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154–4010, USA
2School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
3School of Resources and Environments, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550003, China
4Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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