Sedimentary and volcanic facies recording the Neoarchaean continent breakup and decline of the positive δ13Ccarb excursion

Precambrian Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-35

  Wanke, A ^a   Melezhik, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dolostone; Fennoscandian Shield; Palaeoproterozoic; Passive margin; Rift; Rimmed shelf; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BOTHNIAN BAY; GULF OF BOTHNIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25444452865     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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