Links between palaeoproterozoic palaeogeography and rise and decline of stromatolites: Fennoscandian shield

Precambrian Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 311-348

  Melezhik, Victor A ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b   Makarikhin, Vladimir V ^c   Lyubtsov, Valery V ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope anomaly; Fennoscandia Shield; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeoproterozoic; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE;

EUROPE, FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0030781749     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(96)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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