Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4732741 | Journal of Asian Earth Sciences | 2006 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Section D at Meishan, Changxing County in the Zhejiang Province, China, has been extensively studied in various aspects of the stratigraphy during the past 20 years. It was ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) as the Global Standard Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Permian-Triassic boundary in 2000, and is also a potential stratotype for the Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian boundary. However, the contact relationship between the Longtan (Wuchiapingian) and Changxing (Chainghsingian) formations has been a controversial subject for years. Recent studies on Section C, about 300Â m west of Section D, at Meishan confirm a complete depositional succession around the boundary and suggest that the proposed boundary level, the FAD of Clarkina wangi within the lineage from C. longicuspidata to C. wangi, is consistent with the first appearance of the index Changhsingian fusulinid Palaeofusulina sinensis and tapashanitid ammonoids.
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Authors
Wang Yue, Shen Shuzhong, Cao Changqun, Wang Wei, Charles Henderson, Jin Yugan,