Stratified oceans and oxygenation of the late Precambrian environment: a post glacial geochemical record from the Neoproterozoic of W Mongolia

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 218-222

  Shields, Graham ^a   Stille, Peter ^a   Brasier, Martin D ^b   Atudorei, Nicu Viorel ^c  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031389817     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00016.x     Document Type: Article

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