C-, Sr-isotope and Hg chemostratigraphy of Neoproterozoic cap carbonates of the Sergipano Belt, Northeastern Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-372

  Sial, Alcides Nobrega ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^b   Filho, Marinho Alves da Silva ^c   Ferreira, Valderez P ^a   Pimentel, Marcio M ^d   Lacerda, Luiz D ^e   Filho, Emmanoel V Silva ^f   Cezario, Wilker ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c Superintendência Regional de Recife   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Neoproterozoic; Northeastern Brazil; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77957885787     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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