Pb-Pb ages of Neoproterozoic Doushantuo phosphorites in South China: Constraints on early metazoan evolution and glaciation events

Precambrian Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Chen, Duo Fu ^a   Dong, Wei Quan ^a,b   Zhu, Bin Quan ^a   Chen, Xian Pei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doushantuo Formation; Glaciations; Pb Pb isochron age; Phosphorite; Terminal Neoproterozic; Weng'an fauna

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

EVOLUTION; GLACIATION; METAZOAN; PHOSPHORITE; PROTEROZOIC;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FOSSIL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2442478090     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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