Discovery of hydrothermal venting community at the base of Cambrian barite in Guizhou Province, Western China: Implication for the Cambrian biological explosion

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Yang, Ruidong ^a   Wei, Huairui ^a   Bao, Miao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Liu, Ling ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barite; Cambrian; Guizhou; Hydrothermal community

Indexed keywords

BARITE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; HOT SPRINGS;

CAMBRIANS; GEOCHEMICALS; GUIZHOU; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HYDROTHERMAL COMMUNITY; LOWER CAMBRIANS; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; TUBE-TYPE; WESTERN CHINA;

DEPOSITS;

EID: 40049086067     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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