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Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment Across the Ordovician–Silurian Transition in the Yangtze Region

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Paleogeographical and Paleoenvironmental studies across the Ordovician–Silurian transition in the Yangtze region are based on the GBDB database and isopach maps. Sedimentary processes during the Late Ordovician to early Silurian of the Yangtze Platform are reviewed. Microfacies analyses on the shale gas drill cores in Weiyuan and Luzhou are provided as additional data.

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Chen, Q., Chen, J., Li, W., Shi, Z. (2023). Paleogeography and Paleoenvironment Across the Ordovician–Silurian Transition in the Yangtze Region. In: Chen, X., Wang, H., Goldman, D. (eds) Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas Strata of the Yangtze Region, China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3134-7_6

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