Carbon isotope stratigraphy of upper Cambrian (Steptoean stage) sequences of the eastern Great Basin: Record of a global oceanographic event

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-297

  Saltzman, Matthew R ^a   Runnegar, Bruce ^a   Lohmann, Kyger C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; GLOBAL COOLING; POSITIVE EXCURSION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SILICICLASTIC CARBONATES; SILICICLASTIC INFLUX; ISOTOPIC STUDY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OOLITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; USA;

EID: 0031843390     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0285:CISOUC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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