THE LATE PERMIAN GLOBAL FLOODING EVENTS

This paper examines the Late Permian flooding events on the basis of sequence strati-graphic analysis from South China.The late Permian sea-level curve is different from the sea-level curve drawn by C.A.Ross and J.R.Ross (1987).According to the Palaeonto-logical and sequence stratigraphic analysis from South China and other areas of the world, two conclusions about the Late Permian eustatic fluctuations are drawn in the following. (1)As the global marine flooding event took place during Permian-Triassic time,the sea level rose rapidly rather than its falling at the end of the Permian;(2)The late Late Permi-an transgression commenced during the latest Wujiapingian (late Late Permian),followed by the transgressive maximum during the latest Changxingian (Latest Permian).