U-Pb ages from the neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5718, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Condon, Daniel ^a   Zhu, Maoyan ^b   Bowring, Samuel ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Yang, Aihua ^b   Jin, Yugan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

ANIMAL FOSSILS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEGLACIATION; VOLCANIC ASH BEDS;

URANIUM;

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILICATE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLOBAL CHANGE; METAZOON; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; TIME; VOLCANO;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD; SILICATES; TIME; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 15944373514     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107765     Document Type: Article

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