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Cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology: Case studies from China
- Source :
- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier B.V., 2020.
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Abstract
- A high-precision geologic time scale is the essential key for understanding the Earth’s evolutionary history and geologic processes. Astronomical tuning of orbitally forced stratigraphic records to construct high-resolution Astronomical Time Scales (ATS) has led to a progressive refinement of the geologic time scale over the past two decades. In turn, these studies provide new insights regarding the durations and rates of major Earth events, evolutionary processes, and climate changes, all of which provide a scientific basis for contextualizing and predicting future global change trends. South China hosts some of the best-exposed and well-dated Neoproterozoic through Mesozoic stratigraphic sections in the world; many of which are suitable for cyclostratigraphy and calibrating the geologic time scale. In North China, several Cenozoic oil-bearing basins have deep boreholes with continuous sampling and/or well logging that enable derivation of astronomically tuned time scales for an improved understanding of basin evolution and hydrocarbon generation. This Special Issue focuses on case studies of astrochronology and applied cyclostratigraphy research using reference sections within China. In this introductory overview, we: (1) summarize all existing astrochronology studies of the Neoproterozoic through Cenozoic sections within China that have been used to enhance the international geologic time scale, (2) examine briefly the astronomically forced paleoclimate information recorded in various depositional systems and the modern techniques employed to analyze the periodicity of these signals encoded within the sedimentary record, and (3) summarize the 20 contributions to this Special Issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology on 'Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology: Case studies from China’.
- Subjects :
- Astrochronology
010506 paleontology
Milankovitch cycles
Invited Research Papers
Paleontology
Climate change
Structural basin
Cyclostratigraphy
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
Oceanography
Orbital cycles
01 natural sciences
Sequences
Geologic time scale
Paleoclimatology
Astronomical time scale
Palaeogeography
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Geology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00310182
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e2ea7efb390bb37a7be6e249a8e963d6