The Ediacaran period: A new addition to the geologic time scale

Lethaia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-30

  Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Walter, Malcolm R ^b   Narbonne, Guy M ^c   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; Geologic time scale; Global stratotype section and point; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 33646337958     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160500409223     Document Type: Article

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