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Vadose Pisolites of the Tongying Formation (Upper Sinian System) in Southwest China

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The Sinian Tongying Formation is widespread in Southwest China, attaining a thickness of about one thousand meters (Fig. 1).

Formerly tsao Rui-chi

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  1. Nanking Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Chi-Ming-Ssu, Nanking, China

    Cao Ruiji & Xue Yaosong

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  1. Cao Ruiji
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  1. Instytut Geologiczny, ul. Rakowiecka 4, 00-975, Warszawa, Poland

    Tadeusz M. Peryt

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Ruiji, C., Yaosong, X. (1983). Vadose Pisolites of the Tongying Formation (Upper Sinian System) in Southwest China. In: Peryt, T.M. (eds) Coated Grains. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68869-0_44

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