Integrated chemo- And biostratigraphic calibration of early animal evolution: Neoproterozoic-early Cambrian of southwest Mongolia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 445-485

  Brasier, M D ^a   Shields, G ^b   Kuleshov, V N ^c   Zhegallo, E A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0030464245     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800007603     Document Type: Article

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