… Samples analyzed in this study are mainly collected from Member II of the Xiamaling
Formation along freshly exposed road cuts at the Jizhentun (N: 4028′12.16″, E: 11516′10.50″) …

… Xiamaling Formation was most likely open to the global ocean throughout its depositional
history. More broadly, we show that proper paleo-environmental … This implication is impossible …

… concretion formation and their environmental implications, a … required for the concretion
formation were mainly sourced … not play a significant role in their formation either. Almost all the …

… Generalized features of black shales of the Xiamaling Formation. (a) the outcrop of black
shales of Xiamaling Formation in the Xiahuayuan area (XHY), Hebei province. A pickaxe was …

… The alternating lithology of the Xiamaling Formation mainly … rocks have intruded into the
Xiamaling Formation, which is due to … The sediments in Xiamaling Formation have experienced …

… of the ash bed in the Xiamaling Formation in North China Plate, … Formation in the North
China Plate, and represents the depositing time of the middle part of the Xiamaling Formation…

… nisms of hydrocarbon generation from Xiamaling Formation shale in Xiahuayuan, North
China. The experiment results indicate the oil generated by the Xiamaling Formation shale in oil …

… In this study we analyzed the hydrocarbon biomarker compositions of the Xiamaling Formation
shales and a superjacent stromatolitic carbonate in order to shed light on the microbial …

… SHRIMP U-Pb ages of K-bentonite beds in the Xiamaling Formation: Implications for revised
subdivision of the Meso-to Neoproterozoic history of the North China Craton. Gondwana …

… the possibility that environmental conditions at the time of Xiamaling deposition were less
reducing than before or after, carrying potentially important biological implications. We suggest …