financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41202070);Shandong Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Scientists’ Research Award Fund (No. 2011BSB01335);SDUST Research Fund (No. 2012KYTD101)
The depositional environment of the Upper Permian quartzose sandstone (Kuishan sandstone in Shihezi Formation of Upper Permian) in the North China epicontinental basin is controversial. In order to test the previous...