Neoproterozoic diamictite-cap carbonate succession and δ13C chemostratigraphy from eastern Sonora, Mexico

Chemical Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 129-142

  Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Stewart, John H ^b   Hagadorn, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Mexico; Neoproterozoic; Sonora

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAMICTITE; DOLOSTONE; PROTEROZOIC; SUCCESSION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 33846571525     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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