Chemostratigraphy of the Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group, Brazil): A contribution to the calibration of the Ediacaran carbon-isotope curve

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-401

  Boggiani, Paulo C ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^b,c   Sial, Alcides N ^d   Babinski, Marly ^a   Simon, Cynthia M ^a   Riccomini, Claudio ^a   Ferreira, Valderez P ^d   Fairchild, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chemostratigraphy; Cloudina; Neoproterozoic; Paraguay Belt

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRECCIA; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIOEUSTACY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

BRAZIL; PARAGUAY BELT;

ACRITARCHA; ARA; CLOUDINA; CORUMBELLA; METAZOA; VENDOTAENIA;

EID: 77957884784     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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