1. Microconchids from microbialites near the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Zuodeng Section, Baise area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China and their paleoenvironmental implications

   • Hao Yang
   • Zhong-Qiang Chen
   • Weiquan Ou

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 157 - 165

2. Rapid carbonate depositional changes following the Permian-Triassic mass extinction: Sedimentary evidence from South China

   • Li Tian
   • Jinnan Tong
   • Haijun Song

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 166 - 180

3. The mysterious Mid-Carnian “Wet Intermezzo” global event

   • James G. Ogg

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 181 - 191

4. Exceptionally preserved caddisfly larval cases (Insecta) from the lower Cretaceous of the Liupanshan basin, Western China

   • Xin He
   • Zhong-Qiang Chen
   • Zhitao Xu

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 192 - 202

5. Cambrian ichnofossils from the Zhoujieshan Formation (Quanji Group) overlying tillites in the northern margin of the Qaidam Basin, NW China

   • Yue Wang
   • Xunlian Wang
   • Ye Wang

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 203 - 210

6. A Kungurian oceanic upwelling on Yangtze platform: Evidenced by δ¹³C_org and authigenic silica in the lower Chihsia Formation of Enshi Section in South China

   • Hao Yu
   • Hengye Wei

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 211 - 218

7. The case of the Carnian (Triassic) conodont genus Metapolygnathus Hayashi

   • Ali Murat Kiliç
   • Pablo Plasencia
   • Francis Hirsch

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 219 - 223

8. Paleoecology of benthic foraminifera in coral reefs recorded in the Jurassic Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of the Khashm Al-Qaddiyah area, Central Saudi Arabia

   • Mohamed Youssef
   • Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 224 - 235

9. The relationship between the “Green-bean Rock” layers and conodont Chiosella timorensis and implications on defining the Early-Middle Triassic boundary in the Nanpanjiang Basin, South China

   • Chunbo Yan
   • Haishui Jiang
   • Lina Wang

   OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 236 - 245

10. Biomineralization of Se nanoshpere by Bacillus licheniformis

    • Yongqiang Yuan
    • Jianming Zhu
    • Lei Lei

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 246 - 250

11. Bryozoan nodules as a frame-builder of bryozoan-microreef, Middle Miocene sediments, Egypt

    • Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 251 - 258

12. Depositional environment of cherts of the Sikhote-Alin region (Russia far east): Evidence from major, trace and rare earth elements geochemistry

    • Igor’ V. Kemkin
    • Raisa A. Kemkina

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 259 - 272

13. Depositional environments of the Upper Permian quartzose sandstone (Shandong Province, North China): Insight from trace element geochemistry

    • Dawei Lü
    • Zengxue Li
    • Haiyan Liu

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 273 - 284

14. Methods for shale gas play assessment: A comparison between Silurian Longmaxi shale and Mississippian Barnett shale

    • Songqi Pan
    • Caineng Zou
    • Ziyuan Wang

    OriginalPaper 11 April 2015 Pages: 285 - 294