Integrated correlation of the Vendian to Cambrian Arroyo del Soldado and Corumbá Groups (Uruguay and Brazil): Palaeogeographic, palaeoclimatic and palaeobiologic implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 241-278

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Boggiani, Paulo César ^b   Sprechmann, Peter ^a   Sial, Alcides Nóbrega ^c   Fairchild, Thomas ^d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Neoproterozoic; Palaeogeography; Uruguay; Vendian

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VENDIAN;

BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; URUGUAY;

(SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; URUGUAY;

EID: 0037429346     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00140-7     Document Type: Article

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