The Ediacaran radiogenic Sr isotope excursion in the Doushantuo Formation in the Three Gorges area, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 46-64

  Sawaki, Yusuke ^a   Ohno, Takeshi ^a   Tahata, Miyuki ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b   Han, Jian ^c   Shu, Degan ^c   Li, Yong ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

13C and 18O; 88Sr 86Sr; Biological evolution; Doushantuo Formation; Gaskiers glaciation; Gondwana supercontinent; Multiple isotope systems of 87Sr 86Sr; Neoproterozoic; Nutrients; Shuram excursion

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REMINERALIZATION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

EID: 71649114845     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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