'Ediacaran' as a name for the newly designated terminal Proterozoic period

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 286, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-142

  Jenkins, Richard J F ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDIACARAN; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 38349164412     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP286.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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