From the eastern to the western part of Shunbei area in the Tarim Basin, the accumulations of marine oil and gas obviously decrease with the exploration risks significantly increasing.
Lixin QI, Yong DING
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Early Tremadocian cephalopods from Santa Rosita Formation in NW Argentina: the oldest record for South America [PDF]
We describe early Tremadocian (Kainella meridionalis Biozone) cephalopods from the Cordillera Oriental, Jujuy, NW Argentina. They consist of numerous small specimens collected at the Quebrada de Arenal, Trancas section, near the town of Tilcara, in the
MARCELA CICHOWOLSKI +5 more
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In recent years, some progress has been made in the exploration of Ordovician natural gas in the western Ordos Basin, among which, the Ordovician Kelimoli Formation has the highest degree of natural gas accumulation.
Huimin LI +7 more
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Systematics, morphology, and appendages of an Early Ordovician pilekiine trilobite Anacheirurus from Fezouata Shale and the early diversification of Cheiruridae [PDF]
Pilekiines are the earliest diverging members of the successful trilobite family Cheiruridae. The pilekiine genus Anacheirurus is characterized by sub-quadratic to sub-oval glabella, pitted genae, and a distinct trunk with elongated pleural spines in ...
FRANCESC PÉREZ-PERIS +3 more
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The eoorthid brachiopod Apheoorthina in the Lower Ordovician of NW Argentina and the dispersal pathways along western Gondwana [PDF]
The eoorthid brachiopod Apheoorthina is reported for the first time from the Lower Ordovician of NW Argentina. It is represented by a species similar to A.
Benedetto, Juan Luis Arnaldo +1 more
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Note complementaire sur les echinodermes ordoviciens de Sierra Morena
[fr] Une nouvelle espéce du genre Calix est décrite, le genre Batalleria est redécrit, la présence de Phlyctocystis dans les Monts de Toléde-Sierra Morena est confirmée, et celle de Destombesia est signalée.
J. Chauvel, B. Meléndez
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Detrital-zircon geochronology and provenance of the Ocloyic synorogenic clastic wedge, and Ordovician accretion of the Argentine Precordillera terrane [PDF]
The Precordillera terrane in northwestern Argentina is interpreted to be anexotic (Laurentian) continental fragment that was accreted to western Gondwanaduring the Ordovician. One prominent manifestation of the subductionand collision process is a Middle?
Astini, Ricardo Alfredo +3 more
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Metal enrichment in lithologically complex black shales: a case study from the Tremadocian of NE Estonia [PDF]
Significantly elevated U, Mo, Zn and Pb contents characterize the Early Ordovician black shales in the Sillamäe area, NE Estonia. The presence of silty interlayers with sulphidic mineralization and authigenic carbonates suggests unique physicochemical ...
Rutt Hints +4 more
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Conodont biostratigraphy of the Crawford Group, Southern Uplands, Scotland [PDF]
Extensive new conodont collections from the Crawford Group, the oldest succession in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, support the previously documented biostratigraphical ages for the included formations.
Armstrong, Howard A. +3 more
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An in situ shelly fauna from the lower Paleozoic Zapla diamictite of northwestern Argentina: implications for the age of glacial events across Gondwana [PDF]
A shelly fauna from the upper part of the Zapla glacial diamictite includes thelingulate brachiopod Orbiculoidea radiata Troedsson, the rhynchonelliforms Dalmanella cf. testudinaria (Dalman) and Paromalomena sp., the bivalve Modiolopsis?
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