Learning to tell Neoproterozoic time

Precambrian Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 3-20

  Knoll, A H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenian; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; STRONTIUM;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

EID: 0034053152     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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