Chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic cap carbonates from the Volta Basin, West Africa

Precambrian Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 99-112

  Porter, Susannah M ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^b   Affaton, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Glaciation; Marinoan; Neoproterozoic; Sulfate concentration

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN 18; SEA WATER;

CAP ROCK; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL ERA; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1542270955     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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