The origin of decoupled carbonate and organic carbon isotope signatures in the early Cambrian (ca. 542-520Ma) Yangtze platform

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-110

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Wang, Xinqiang ^b   Shi, Xiaoying ^b   Xiao, Shuhai ^c   Zhang, Shihong ^b   Dong, Jin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Ediacaran; Ocean anoxia; Organic carbon isotopes; South China; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; EDIACARAN; OCEAN ANOXIA; ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPES; SOUTH CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHALE;

ISOTOPES;

BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EDIACARAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84255195405     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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