The Yudoma group of stratotype area: C-isotope chemostratigraphic correlations and Yudomian-Vendian relation

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-459

  Semikhatov, M A ^a   Kuznetsov, A B ^b   Podkovyrov, V N ^b   Bartley, J K ^c   Davydov, Yu V ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DIAMOND AND PRECIOUS METAL GEOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

C isotope chemostratigraphy; Namibia; North Siberia; Oman; Uchur Maya region; Varangerian glaciation; Vendian; Yudomian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; VENDIAN;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NAMIBIA; OMAN; SIBERIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HIATUS;

EID: 10244261547     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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