Chemostratigraphy of Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic carbonates of the Nico Pérez Terrane, Río de la Plata Craton, Uruguay

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-336

  Chiglino, Leticia ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^b,c   Sial, Alcides N ^a   Bossi, Jorge ^d   Ferreira, Valderez P ^a   Pimentel, Márcio M ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Mesoproterozoic; Rodinia; Strontium isotopes; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

RIO DE LA PLATA; URUGUAY;

PARKINSONIA ACULEATA;

EID: 77957874039     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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