Did the Transgondwanan Supermountain trigger the explosive radiation of animals on Earth?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 116-133

  Squire, Richard J ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^b   Allen, Charlotte M ^b   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambrian Explosion; Detrital zircons; Gondwana; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE IONS; CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION; DETRITAL ZIRCONS; GONDWANA;

CALCIUM; DEPOSITION; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; STRONTIUM; SUPERSATURATION; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PLATE MOTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748901675     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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