Stratigraphic investigations of carbon isotope anomalies and Neoproterozoic ice ages in Death Valley, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 916-932

  Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Death Valley; Earth history; Glaciation; Neoproterozoic; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION;

CARBON; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON; CARBON 13;

ANOMALY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CAMBRIAN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PROTEROZOIC; RURAL AREA; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041783518     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25066.1     Document Type: Article

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