Chapter 2 The Amazonian Palaeocontinent

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 15-28

  De Alvarenga, Carlos J S ^a   Boggiani, Paulo C ^b   Babinski, Marly ^b   Dardenne, Marcel A ^a   Figueiredo, Milene ^b   Santos, Roberto V ^a   Dantas, Elton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; geochronology; glaciation; Neoproterozoic; Paraguay Belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049112340     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01602-8     Document Type: Review

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