The occurrence of Precambrian stromatolites is closely related to the ancient seawater composition and the evolution of life. It is also a potential o......
Alternations of thin-bedded limestone and shale, or ribbon rock, commonly occur throughout lower Palaeozoic carbonate successions; however, their form......
The Upper Ordovician Zhe-Gan Platform was a short-lived carbonate platform that formed near the northern margin of the Cathaysian Land of the South Ch......
The Pennsylvanian is characterized by intense paleoenvironmental changes related to glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations and major tectonic events, ......
In the eastern Yangtze Platform of South China Block, Tremadocian (Early Ordovician) stromatolites in southern Anhui Province occur along a palaeoenvi......
Calcareous red algae have been important components in reefal facies since the Mesozoic but their volumetric contribution to Palaeozoic reefs was usua......
The Late Ordovician succession of the Baltic Basin contains a characteristic fine-grained limestone, which is rich in calcareous green algae. This lim......
Due to a long-term transgression since the Early Cambrian, an extensive shallow-water carbonate platform was developed in the entire Tarim Basin (NW C......
Permian-Triassic boundary microbialites (PTBMs) are commonly interpreted to be a sedimentary response to upwelling of anoxic alkaline seawater and ind......
