Integrated stratigraphy of the upper Neoproterozoic succession in Yunnan Province of South China: Re-evaluation of global correlation and carbon cycle

Precambrian Research

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-36

  Kimura, Hiroto ^a,e   Azmy, Karem ^b   Yamamuro, Masumi ^c   Zhi Wen, Jiang ^d   Cizdziel, James V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d Yunnan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; China; Neoproterozoic; Rare earth elements; Relative sea level change; Sequence stratigraphy; Sinian; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

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

EID: 19944374797     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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