Possible early foraminiferans in post-sturtian (716-635 Ma) cap carbonates

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-70

  Bosak, Tanja ^a   Lahr, Daniel J G ^b   Pruss, Sara B ^c   Macdonald, Francis A ^d   Gooday, Andrew J ^e   Dalton, Lilly ^c   Matys, Emily D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP CARBONATES; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CARBONATE ROCK; FOSSIL RECORDS; MICROFOSSILS; NAMIBIA; NEOPROTEROZOIC;

CARBONATES; GALLIUM; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE ROCK; EUKARYOTE; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

NAMIBIA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84855450369     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32535.1     Document Type: Article

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