Environmental and tectonic significance of Late Permian reefs in the Linxi and adjacent areas in Inner Mongolia of China

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 1463 - 1476
• Main Authors: Tian, ShuGang, Zhang, YongSheng, Gong, YueXuan, Li, ZiShun, Gao, LianDa, Zhai, DaXing, Zhu, ChangWei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Science China Press 01.07.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; Coral reefs; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Ecological conditions; Fossils; Geological time; Marine; Mounds; Paleoecology; Permian; Plate tectonics; Reefs; Research Paper; 中国; 二叠统; 内蒙古地区; 晚二叠世; 构造意义; 环境; 生物礁; 邻近地区; China; Mongolia; China, People's Rep., Inner Mongolia; China, People's Rep; Late Permian; Paleoecology; Facies sequence; Inner Mongolia; Reefs

Many plateau-edge reefs and reef mounds of the Late Permian have been discovered in Linxi County and adjacent areas of Inner Mongolia, China. These reefs verify that the Hinggan-Inner Mongolia Area was an open and unobstructed sea-trough in Late Permian. Facies and sequences of reef strata in Member...