Early Neoproterozoic origin of the metazoan clade recorded in carbonate rock texture

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-478

  Neuweiler, Fritz ^a   Turner, Elizabeth C ^b   Burdige, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; CARBONATE ROCK; COLLAGENOUS MATRIX; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC ORIGIN; NEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS; SEA FLOOR; SNOWBALL EARTH; VOID FORMATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; FABRICS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURES;

CARBONATION;

BIOSPHERE; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CLADISTICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIMESTONE; METAZOAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; VOID RATIO;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 69649102133     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25621A.1     Document Type: Article

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