Age of the Purported Zhanjin Formation in Gêrzê County, Tibet： A New Understanding and Its Significance

• Published in: Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 1673 - 1689
• Main Authors: Shenglong, LUO, Genhou, WANG, Jinhan, GAO, Xunlian, WANG, Hongji, XIAO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; School of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, HuaiHai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005,Jiangsu, China%School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: Carboniferous; Debris flow; Field tests; Formations; Fossils; Gravel; Hexacorallia; Jurassic; Limestone; Lithology; Marine; Mollusks; olistostrome; purported Zhanjin Formation; region; Sand; Sandstone; Shellfish; Slurries; Strata; submarine fan; Tibet; Tibet Gêrzê; Triassic; Waterways; 传说; 六射珊瑚; 冈瓦纳大陆; 化石证据; 年龄测定; 生物地层学; 西藏; 金; China, People's Rep., Xizang; olistostrome; submarine fan; purported Zhanjin Formation; Tibet Gêrzê region; Hexacorallia

The Upper Carboniferous Zhanjin Formation has attracted much attention from geoscientists for containing glacial–marine diamictite and cold-water fauna typified by the bivalve Eurydesma.The presence of this Formation has provided important evidence for determining the northern border of Gondwana.Pre...