Trace element chemostratigraphy of two Ediacaran-Cambrian successions in South China: Implications for organosedimentary metal enrichment and silicification in the Early Cambrian

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 194-216

  Guo, Qingjun ^a,b   Shields, Graham A ^b,c   Liu, Congqiang ^a   Strauss, Harald ^b   Zhu, Maoyan ^d   Pi, Daohui ^a   Goldberg, Tatiana ^b,c   Yang, Xinglian ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black shales; Cambrian; Ediacaran; Paleoredox proxies; Rare earth elements; South China; Trace elements; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANKTON; SILICA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548773859     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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