Stratigraphical and biological significance of negative carbon isotopic anomalies in the basal Cambrian series of Guizhou Province

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Yang, Ruidong ^a   Wang, Shijie ^b   Ouyang, Ziyuan ^a,b   Zhu, Lijun ^a   Jiang, Lijun ^a   Zhang, Weihua ^a   Gao, Hui ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio evolution; Carbon isotope; Guizhou; Precambrian Cambrian boundary

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION;

FOSSIL DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMICALS; MUDSTONES; ORGANIC MATTER (OM);

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; MASS EXTINCTION; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

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

EID: 22244461510     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02841153     Document Type: Article

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