Early-Middle Cambrian Palynomorph Microfossils and Related Geochemical Events in South China

Leiming Yin; Chunjiang Wang; Yuanlong Zhao; Zhiji Ou

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Leiming Yin, Chunjiang Wang, Yuanlong Zhao, Zhiji Ou. Early-Middle Cambrian Palynomorph Microfossils and Related Geochemical Events in South China. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(2): 180-186. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0689-1

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Leiming Yin, Chunjiang Wang, Yuanlong Zhao, Zhiji Ou. Early-Middle Cambrian Palynomorph Microfossils and Related Geochemical Events in South China. Journal of Earth Science, 2016, 27(2): 180-186. doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0689-1

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Early-Middle Cambrian Palynomorph Microfossils and Related Geochemical Events in South China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-016-0689-1

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State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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College of Resource and Environment of Guizhou University, Guiyang 550003, China

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Corresponding author: Leiming Yin, leimingyin@aliyun.com
Received Date: 05 Mar 2015
Accepted Date: 06 Sep 2015
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2016

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The earliest Cambrian acritarch 'Asteridium-Heliosphaeridium-Comasphaeridium' assemblage and the Early Cambrian ('Chiungchussuan') acritarch 'Skiagia ornate-Fimbriaglomerella membranacea' assemblage in South China can be correlated with assemblages from synchronous strata elsewhere in the world. Recent geochemical study and biomarker evidence further confirm a biostratigraphic change between Cambrian Series 2 and Series 3 and support the recognition of a major geological and biotic event during this time interval.
- Early-Middle Cambrian,
- acritarchs,
- geochemistry,
- South China

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