Acritarchs of Las Ventanas Formation (Ediacaran, Uruguay): Implications for the timing of coeval rifting and glacial events in western Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 488-501

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Blanco, Gonzalo ^b   Chiglino, Leticia ^a   Poiré, Daniel ^c   Germs, Gerard J B ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic; Rifting; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; DIAMICTITE; EDIACARAN; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; RIFTING; SILTSTONE;

URUGUAY;

EID: 42649132517     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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