Facies-dependent δ13C variation from a Cryogenian platform margin, South Australia: Evidence for stratified Neoproterozoic oceans?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 196-214

  Giddings, Jonathan A ^a   Wallace, Malcolm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonate; Depth gradient; Neoproterozoic; Ocean stratification; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58149099176     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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