Isotope stratigraphy of the Ediacarian (Neoproterozoic III) of the Adelaide Rift Complex, Australia, and the overprint of water column stratification

Precambrian Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 121-150

  Calver, Clive R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon isotopes; Correlation; Neoproterozoic; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034052146     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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