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Regional Geological Survey of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, Zhejiang Province in China

This Open Access book introduces readers to the regional geology of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, the area between China's northern Zhejiang Province and southern Anhui Province and explores the strata, magmatic rocks and tectonic structures in 1:50,000 scale geological maps. Based on studies of mu...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Jianfang, Zhu, Chaohui, Wang, Longwu, Cai, Xiaoliang, Gong, Ruijun, Chen, Xiaoyou, Wang, Jianguo, Gu, Mingguang, Zhou, Zongyao, Liu, Yuandong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Subjects:
Geology
Paleontology
Paleoecology
Earth Sciences
1:50,000 Regional Geological Survey
Standard section of Hirnantian
Lower yangtze region
Grapholite fossil belts
Anji sponge fauna
Late Ordovician volcanic events
Mesozoic composite plutons
open acess
Tianmushan volcano-tectonic depression
Geology, geomorphology & the lithosphere
Palaeontology
Ecological science, the Biosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBG Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBX Palaeontology
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAF Ecological science, the Biosphere
Online Access:ONIX_20200615_9789811517884_49
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Summary:This Open Access book introduces readers to the regional geology of Hanggai, Xianxia and Chuancun, the area between China's northern Zhejiang Province and southern Anhui Province and explores the strata, magmatic rocks and tectonic structures in 1:50,000 scale geological maps. Based on studies of multiple stratigraphic divisions, the standard stratigraphic section of the upper Ordovician Hirnantian in the lower Yangtze region is established, revealing for the first time numerous “Burgess Shale-type” sponge fossils in Hirnantian strata and identifying 10 grapholite fossil belts and various fossil categories, including chitin, trilobites, gastropods, brachiopods, and cephalopods. Moreover, the book identifies for the first time Late Ordovician volcanic events in northern Zhejiang province. The work represents a major contribution to research on Paleozoic strata in the Lower Yangtze region, and sheds new light on understanding the Hirnantian glacial event and biological extinction event in South China by providing a high-precision time scale. In addition, the book opens an important avenue for future research on sponge evolution after the Cambrian life explosion. As such, it offers a unique and valuable asset for researchers and graduate students alike.

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