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Comparison of the Palaeomagnetic Parameters of Non-Marine Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary Sediments in Dorset (SW England), Hebei and Liaoning (NE China)—A Preliminary Study
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 1 Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2 State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- 3 Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- 4 Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- 5 Faculty of Mining and Geology, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
- 6 Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- 7 Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- 8 State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- 9 School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Open Journal of Geology·Volume 09 (2019)·Pages 654–657·Published 20 September 2019·DOI10.4236/ojg.2019.910066
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Abstract
The Purbeck beds in Dorset, the Tuchengzi Formation in western Liaoning Liaoning Province or the Houcheng Formation in northern Hebei Province are non-marine Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) boundary sequences. A Czech-China Inter-Governmental S&T Cooperation Project has been carried out to search for the non-marine J/K boundary in northern China and making international correlation with the Purbeck beds in southern England. The combination of palaeomagnetism and biostratigraphy in northern China and southern England localities proves that these distant places had similar climatic conditions and the same fauna during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. A preliminary joint research has shown a fruitful result in searching for the non-marine J/K boundary in northern China.
KeywordsJurassic-Cretaceous BoundaryDorsetNorthern HebeWestern LiaoningPalaeomagnetismBiostratigraphy
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