50 Myr recovery from the largest negative δ13 C excursion in the Ediacaran ocean

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-153

  Le Guerroué, Erwan ^a   Allen, Philip A ^a,c   Cozzi, Andrea ^a   Etienne, James L ^a   Fanning, Mark ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EDIACARAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

EID: 33645089913     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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