'Molar-tooth microspar': A chemical explanation for its disappearance ~ 750 Ma

Terra Nova

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-113

  Shields, Graham A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; STROMATOLITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

EID: 0036235623     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2002.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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