Identification of a Sturtian cap carbonate in the Neoproterozoic Sete Lagoas carbonate platform, Bambuí Group, Brazil

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 240-258

  Vieira, Lucieth Cruz ^a   Trindade, Ricardo I F ^a   Nogueira, Afonso C R ^b   Ader, Magali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cap carbonate; Carbon isotopes; Neoproterozoic; Sturtian glaciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEPOSITION; DIACHRONISM; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; NAMIBIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247119650     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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