Ediacaran seawater temperature: Evidence from inclusions of Sinian halite

Precambrian Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Meng, Fanwei ^a,b   Ni, Pei ^a   Schiffbauer, James D ^c   Yuan, Xunlai ^b   Zhou, Chuanming ^b   Wang, Yigang ^d   Xia, Maolong ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

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

^d Gas Transmission Management Division   (China)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; Halite; Inclusion; Seawater temperature

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EDIACARAN; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SINIAN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SINIA;

EID: 78650274267     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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