Chemostratigraphy of the Cerro Victoria Formation (Lower Cambrian, Uruguay): Evidence for progressive climate stabilization across the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary

Chemical Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 28-46

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Sial, Alcides N ^b   Ferreira, Valderez P ^b   Pimentel, Marcio M ^c   Chiglino, Leticia ^a   Sprechmann, Peter ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chemostratigraphy; Dolomite; Neoproterozoic; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOLOMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 33846597116     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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