Terminal Ediacaran carbonate tempestites in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, South China

The terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, South China is well known for hosting diverse Ediacaran-type macrofossils and trace fossils. However, the depositional processes of this carbonate succession are still poorly known. Here we present detailed sedimentological data on the Dengying carbonates in four sections across the eastern Yangtze Gorges area, with an emphasis on tempestites in limestones of the...