The neoproterozoic Noonday formation, Death Valley region, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1317-1336

  Petterson, R ^a   Prave, A R ^b   Wernicke, B P ^a   Fallick, A E ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LIME; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPOSITE SECTIONS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HIGH RESOLUTION; NEOPROTEROZOIC; POSITIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SINGLE EXPOSURE;

LANDFORMS;

CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOLOSTONE; EDIACARAN; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

SWIETENIA;

EID: 79959295999     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30281.1     Document Type: Article

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