Table of Contents - SPE202: Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China
Acknowledgments
Abstract
Introduction
Historical review
Lithofacies and biofacies
Division and correlation
Ordovician-Silurian boundary
Lower-Middle Silurian boundary
Middle-Upper Silurian boundary
Silurian-Devonian boundary
Top of the Lungmachi Formation
Correlation of the Shihniulan and Lojoping Formations
Age of the Siaohopa Formation
Correlation of the Rongxi and Wangjiawan Formations
Xiushan Formation, Ningqiang Formation, Upper Kaochaitien Group, and Fentou Formation problem
Age of the Takuan Formation
Huixingshao and Maoshan correlation problem
Sequence of the faunas
Graptolitic faunas
Brachiopod faunas
Coral faunas
Nautiloid faunas
Trilobite faunas
Crinoid faunas
Benthic Ecostratigraphy
Introduction
Lower Llandovery
Middle Llandovery
Upper Llandovery-low Wenlock
Ludlow-Pridoli of Southern China
Ludlow-Pridoli of Northern China
Graptolites
Mixed faunas
Paleogeography
Introduction
Early Silurian (Llandovery)
Middle Silurian (Wenlock)
Late Silurian (Ludlow-Pridoli)
Paleobiogeography
Marine redbeds of Southern China
Marine redbeds of Northern China
Mineral deposits
Long term geographic relations of the Chinese Silurian
The Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone question
The Uralian-Mongolian ("Angara") Volcanic Belt and the carbonate belts on both sides
Vertical movement
Ichang Uplift
Japanese and Korean relations
Kwangsi Movement
Alphabetical listing of the Chinese Silurian stratigraphic units
References