Aspects of the marine Cretaceous of China |
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Authors: | Dong-li Sun Bing-gao Zhang |
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Affiliation: | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Chi-Ning-Ssu, Nanjing, People''s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The marine Cretaceous of China is distributed mainly in southwestern Xinjiang, the West Kunlun Mountains, the Karakorum Mountains and most parts of Xizang (Tibet), with findings even from Taiwan.The marine Cretaceous of China may be divided into three sedimentary belts according to the lithologic and tectonic characters, biological provinces and the different modes of deposition.On the basis of recent research on the Cretaceous marine strata and faunas in China, the lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic sequences have been preliminarily established and the division and correlation of strata and boundaries between the Jurassic and Cretaceous, Lower Cretaceous and Upper Cretaceous, as well as Cretaceous and Tertiary outlined; the position of the beach line of the Laurasian landmass in China and the events of the tectonic movement and the transgression and regression during the Cretaceous period are discussed. |
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Keywords: | China Marine Cretaceous Tibet Tertiary Brachiopods Foraminifers Ammonites Ostracods Echinoids Valanginian Maastrichtian Transgression Regression |
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