Ordovician−Early Silurian (Llandovery) Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China
Zhan Renbin and Jin Jisuo
with additional contributions from Rong Jiayu, Chen Xu, Zhou Zhiyi, Wang Zhihao, Zhang Yuandong, Liu Jianbo, Chen Pengfei, Yuan Wenwei, Fan Junxuan, Zhang Yunbai, and Wu Rongchang
Post-Conference Field Excursion for The Tenth International Symposium on the Ordovician System The Third International Symposium on the Silurian System IGCP 503 Annual Meeting
Nanjing, June 2007
Science Press
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Ordovician−Early Silurian (Llandovery) Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China Zhan Renbin and Jin Jisuo
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Acknowledgements
The Chinese Academy of Sciences The Ministry of Science and Technology of China The National Natural Science Foundation of China The Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, NIGPAS Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, CAGS Government of Tongzi County, Guizhou Province Government of Chongqing District Government of Yichang City, Hubei Province
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List of Authors and Contributors Authors: Zhan Renbin State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Additional contributors: Rong Jiayu State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Chen Xu State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Zhou Zhiyi Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Wang Zhihao Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Zhang Yuandong State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Liu Jianbo Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Chen Pengfei Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada Yuan Wenwei Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Fan Junxuan Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Zhang Yunbai Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China Wu Rongchang State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Contents ·7·
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ...... 1 1.1. Major geographical features of South China ...... 1 1.2. Tourist attractions...... 3 1.3. Previous geological work ...... 7 1.4. Acknowledgements ...... 9
Chapter 2 Geological Setting