On the Late Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian Transition Events in Parts of East Gondwanaland

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Banerjee, D M ^a   Mazumdar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Chemostratigraphic correlation; Phosphogenic events; Precambrian Cambrian boundary; Seawater C, S, Sr isotope

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; IRAN; OMAN;

EID: 0000934777     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70145-3     Document Type: Article

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