Seafloor precipitates and C-isotope stratigraphy from the Neoproterozoic Scout Mountain Member of the Pocatello Formation, southeast Idaho: Implications for Neoproterozoic earth system behavior

Precambrian Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 57-70

  Lorentz, Nathaniel J ^a   Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Link, Paul Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Glaciation; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; ISOTOPE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CRYSTAL; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOMETRY; SEA; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542270957     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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