Fossil charcoal from the Middle Jurassic of the Ordos Basin, China and its paleoatmospheric implications

The Yan'an Formation of the Ordos Basin is a sequence of four members, consisting of siliciclastic sediments deposited in alluvial, lacustrine and mire settings during the Middle Jurassic. Samples collected from Members Two and Four contain abundant blackened plant material identified through s...

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Main Authors: Lawrence H. Tanner, Xin Wang, Alesha C. Morabito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987111001253