Carbon and sulfur isotope anomalies across the Frasnian-Famennian extinction boundary, Alberta, Canada

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Wang, K ^a   Geldsetzer, H H J ^b   Goodfellow, W D ^c   Krouse, H R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALBERTA , CANADA; BACKGROUND VALUE; BOUNDARY INTERVALS; CONODONT ZONE; MASS EXTINCTION; POSITIVE EXCURSION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPE; DEVONIANS; GLOBAL CHANGE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CONODONT; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; CARBON; EXTINCTION; FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SULPHUR;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0029753681     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0187:CASIAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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