Upper Cambrian carbonate sequences of the Argentine Precordillera and the Steptoean C-Isotope positive excursion (SPICE)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-452

  Sial, A N ^a   Peralta, S ^b   Ferreira, V P ^a   Toselli, A J ^c   Acenolaza F G ^c   Parada, M A ^d   Gaucher, C ^e   Alonso, R N ^f   Pimentel, M M ^g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c INSUGEO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; C and Sr isotopes; SNICE; SPICE; Upper Cambrian

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 42949149313     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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