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Paleoenvironmental evolution and organic matter accumulation of the lower Cambrian Maidiping marine black shales in the intracratonic basin, western margin of Sichuan Basin, South China

Guodong Xiaa State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Yuehao Yea State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shugen Liua State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;d Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Heng Wanga State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Jinmin Songa State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Wei Suna State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;c College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Bo Rana State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;c College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Kun Jiaoa State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Guoliang Xiee School of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaView further author information
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Bin Denga State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, China;b College of Energy, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Zhiwu Lia State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Yun Zengf Department of International Education, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, ChinaView further author information
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Pages 2249-2268 | Received 31 May 2023, Accepted 28 Oct 2023, Published online: 12 Nov 2023

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