The Neoproterozoic assembly of Gondwana and its relationship to the Ediacaran-Cambrian radiation

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Lieberman, Bruce S ^b  

^a Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Ediacaran; Evolution; Gondwana; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 46149105945     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.06.007     Document Type: Review

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