A composite reference section for terminal proterozoic strata of Southern Namibia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1223-1235

  Saylor, Beverly Z ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC CANADA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEGATIVE VALUES; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ICE; SEA WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COLD CLIMATE; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; SEDIMENT;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; COLD CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; ICE; NAMIBIA; SEAWATER;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0032457099     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.68.1223     Document Type: Article

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