Chapter 4.4 Chemostratigraphy

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Sial, Alcides N ^b   Poiré, Daniel ^c   Gómez Peral, Lucia ^c   Ferreira, Valderez P ^b   Pimentel, Marcio M ^d  

^a Instituto de Geología y Paleontología   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; carbon isotopes; Neoproterozoic; strontium isotopes; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049101653     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01607-7     Document Type: Review

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