The Cambrian Drumian carbon isotope excursion (DICE) in the Great Basin, western United States

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 138-150

  Howley, Robyn A ^a   Jiang, Ganqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Drumian Stage; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATUM; DEEP WATER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALLOW WATER; STRATOTYPE; TRANSGRESSION; TRILOBITE;

CHINA; DRUM MOUNTAINS; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AGNOSTOIDEA; PTYCHAGNOSTUS ATAVUS;

EID: 77956058329     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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