Ca isotopic compositions of dolomite, phosphorite and the oldest animal embryo fossils from the Neoproterozoic in Weng'an, South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Suga, Akinobu ^a   Ohno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Han, Jian ^b   Guo, Junfeng ^c   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Li, Yong ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ca stable isotopes; Metazoan; Neoproterozoic; Phosphorite; Snowball Earth; Weng'an

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITE; DOLOSTONE; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOSPHORITE;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WENGAN;

EID: 46149103231     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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