The furongian (late Cambrian) steptoean positive carbon isotope excursion (SPICE) in Avalonia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-862

  Woods, Mark A ^a   Wilby, Philip R ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^a   Rushton, Adrian W A ^a,b   Williams, Mark ^a,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENGLAND; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; LAURENTIAN; ORGANIC-RICH MUDSTONE; POSITIVE EXCURSION; SHALE FORMATION; SIBERIA;

SHALE;

ISOTOPES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; EUSTACY; LAURENTIA; LIMESTONE; MUDSTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE;

GLYPTAGNOSTUS RETICULATUS;

EID: 79959519812     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-111     Document Type: Article

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