Oxygen, carbon and strontium isotope records of Ediacaran carbonates in Central Iberia (Spain)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 354-365

  Valladares, M I ^a   Ugidos, J M ^a   Barba, P ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Ellam, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C isotope; Carbonate; Correlation; Ediacaran; Spain; Sr isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; EDIACARAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALAMANCA [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CLOUDINA;

EID: 33744947513     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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