Late Cretaceous biostratigraphy and sea-level change in the southwest Tarim Basin

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 441; pp. 516 - 527
• Main Authors: Xi, Dangpeng, Cao, Wenxin, Cheng, Yi, Jiang, Tian, Jia, Jianzhong, Li, Yuanhui, Wan, Xiaoqiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2016
• Subjects: basins; Biostratigraphy; Bivalvia; Brackish; China; Coniacian age; Cretaceous; Danian age; fossils; Marine; Ostracoda; Paleoenvironment; Retaria; Sea level; sediments; Tarim Basin; transgressive segregation; China, People's Rep., Xinjiang, Tarim Basin; China, People's Rep., Xizang; China; Cretaceous; Sea level; Paleoenvironment; Tarim Basin; Biostratigraphy

The Upper Cretaceous sediments of the southwest Tarim Basin include the remnants of a large epicontinental sea. In this study, based on the analyses of sedimentation, foraminifera, ostracods, bivalves, and other fossils from the Simuhana Section, as well as published biostratigraphy data, we present...