Carbon and sulfur isotope chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Quanji Group of the Chaidam Basin, NW China: Basin stratification in the aftermath of an Ediacaran glaciation postdating the Shuram event?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Shen, Bing ^a,b   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^c   Kaufman, Alan J ^d   Yuan, Xunlai ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Chaidam Basin; Ediacaran; Glaciation; Quanji Group; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAMICTITE; DOLOSTONE; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 76049088523     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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