%0 Journal Article
%T Continental island from the Upper Silurian (Ludlow) Sino-Korean plate<br>
%A RONG Jiayu
%A ME Johnson
%A BG Baarli
%A LI Wenguo
%A SU Wenbo
%A WANG Jian
%A <br>
%J 科学通报(英文版)
%D 2001
%I 
%X Recent field studies on Upper Silurian stratigraphy and paleontology in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (for short Inner Mongalia) near Bater Obo (=Bateaobao) resulted in the discovery of a small continental island with fossil invertebrates preserved as encrusters (stromatoporoids and corals) attached directly to a rocky shore surface and buried by silty clay mud. The Bater island (named herein) is 610 m × 200 m in size and composed of Ordovician igneous rock (diorite). Limestone strata dating from the Ludlow Epoch (about 420 Ma) surround the island and dip away from the igneous core in a radial pattern. The encrusting fossils occur on the sheltered (south and southeast) side of the island, whereas the north side was exposed to stronger wave activity based on a basal conglomerate unit composed of diorite boulders. This is the first record of an ancient island in China and the first report worldwide of stromatoporoids as members of a rocky-shore community. The island clearly shows distinct windward and leeward deposits comparable to geologically younger islands from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic outside China.
%K Silurian
%K island
%K Sino-Korean plate
%K rocky shores
%K encrusting biota<br>
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