A pronounced negative δ13C excursion in an Ediacaran succession of western Yangtze Platform: A possible equivalent to the Shuram event and its implication for chemostratigraphic correlation in South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1091-1101

  Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Yuan, Xunlai ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Chemostratigraphy; Ediacaran; Shuram event; South China

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84866031576     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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