Color Origin of Red Beds within the Danxia Basin, Southern China

Color Origin of Red Beds within the Danxia Basin, Southern China

Sedimentary facies color is an important paleoclimate indicator, but may be unreliable in thick continental red beds. The Danxia Formation is the landscape strata of the Danxia basin, and its color fluctuates between reddish-brown and reddish-purple vertically. This study examined the ferric oxides...

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Main Authors: Wang He, Zhijun Yang, Jintao Hu, Ke Zhang, Hongwei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
continental red beds
Danxia landform
hematite
color heterogeneity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/8/1054

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