The carbon- and oxygen-isotope record of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary interval in China and Iran and their correlation

Geological Magazine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 319-332

  Brasier, Martin D ^a   Magaritz, Mordeckai ^b   Corfield, Richard ^a   Huilin, Luo ^c   Xiche, Wu ^c   Lin, Ouyang ^c   Zhiwen, Jiang ^c   Hamdi, B ^d   Tinggui, He ^e   Fraser, A G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geology Survey   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e Chengdu College of Geology ^*  (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PRECAMBRIAN/CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

CHINA, SICHUAN, MAIDIPING; CHINA, YUNNAN, MEISHUCUN; IRAN, VALIABAD;

EID: 0025683477     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800014886     Document Type: Article

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