Global events across the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic boundary: C and Sr isotopic evidence from Siberia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 165-202

  Bartley, Julie K ^a   Semikhatov, Mikhail A ^b   Kaufman, Alan J ^c   Knoll, Andrew H ^d   Pope, Michael C ^e   Jacobsen, Stein B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotope; Carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Proterozoic; Siberia; Sr isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001486689     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00160-7     Document Type: Article

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