Carbon and oxygen isotopic record of the early cambrian from the Xiaotan section, Yunnan, South China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Zhang, Junming ^a   Li, Guoxiang ^a   Yu, Ziye ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Early cambrian; Stratigraphic correlation; Xiaotan section

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA, YUNNAN PROVINCE, XIAOTAN;

EID: 0031473917     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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