The Proterozoic-Cambrian transition within the 'Charnian Supergroup' of central England and the antiquity of the Ediacara fauna

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-411

  McIlroy, D ^a,b   Brasier, M D ^a   Moseley, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Dingle Nook   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Ediacara; Ichnofossils; Precambrian; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000261413     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0401     Document Type: Article

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