Chemostratigraphy of the lower Arroyo del soldado group (Vendian, Uruguay ) and palaeoclimatic implications

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 715-730

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Nóbrega Sial, Alcides ^b   Blanco, Gonzalo ^a   Sprechmann, Peter ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Uruguay; Vendian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; VENDIAN;

URUGUAY;

EID: 3242780776     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71058-3     Document Type: Article

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