Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4724745 | Precambrian Research | 2006 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Thirteen stratigraphical sections from the Doushantuo Formation, Hunan province, central China, indicate large-scale mass wasting of the Yangtze platform margin between the late Neoproterozoic glaciation and the earliest Cambrian. Numerous sedimentary discontinuities, due to regional slides, olistostromes, and slumps have modified the stratigraphy between the shallow-water carbonate platform margin and the siliciclastic slope. Slide blocks are predominantly gently deformed and are largely composed of shallow water dolomitized limestones. Slide sheets may reach a regional extent of up to ∼5000 km2 and are embedded in anoxic shales at an unknown water depth.
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Authors
E. Vernhet, C. Heubeck, M.-Y. Zhu, J.-M. Zhang,