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➁Lee J S, Chu S, 1930, Note on Chihsia Limestone and its associated formations, Mem. Geol. Soc. China, 9(1): 11–28 ➂Geographic name in Jiangning County, Jinling (Kingling) was the ancient name of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province ➃The authors found them in Guanshan Town, Longtan County, Nanjing City, and subdivided the Chihsia Limestone into ten beds ( a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j). Kingling Limestone is located at the base of b bed (39–40). It can be lithologically divided into two parts of about equal thickness. The lower half is deep blue in color, exceedingly compact and scattered red grains of calcite, the upper half consists of an earthy, dirty grayish-blue, slabby limestone often highly fossiliferous. For the grayish black thick-bedded dolomitic muddy limestone. The thickness is about 4 meters ➄Early Carboniferous ➅Homonym: Kingling Formation.
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(2009). Kingling Limestone. In: Zhang, S. (eds) Geological Formation Names of China (1866–2000). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93824-8_4021
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