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Carbon isotope and magnetic polarity evidence for non-depositional events within the Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary section near Dayangcha, Jilin Province, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. L. Ripperdan ,
M. Magaritz  and
J. L. Kirschvink
R. L. Ripperdan
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76-100, Israel
M. Magaritz
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76-100, Israel
J. L. Kirschvink
Affiliation:
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Carbon isotope and magnetic polarity stratigraphic results from the Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary section at Xiaoyangqiao, near Dayangcha, Jilin Province, China, in comparison to a contemporaneous section at Black Mountain, Australia, indicate strata equivalent to major portions of the Australian sequence are either absent or are restricted to highly condensed intervals. These intervals are correlative with regressive sea level events identified in Australia and western North America, suggesting regional or eustatic sea level changes strongly influenced deposition of the Xiaoyangqiao sequence. These results also suggest the Xiaoyangqiao section is unfavourable as the site of the Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary Global Stratotype Section and Point.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 130 , Issue 4 , July 1993 , pp. 443 - 452
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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