Types and distribution of the shale sedimentary facies of the Lower Cambrian in Upper Yangtze area, South China

Based on comprehensive analysis of outcrops, cores, rock thin sections, mineral X-ray diffraction and Argon ion-milling – scanning electron microscopy, nine lithofacies types and five facies marks in the Lower Cambrian Meishucun Formation and Qiongzhusi Formation in the Upper Yangtze are identified,...

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Main Authors: Zhongbao LIU, Bo GAO, Yuying ZHANG, Wei DU, Dongjun FENG, Haikuan NIE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-02-01
Series:Petroleum Exploration and Development
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380417300046