Hydrothermal activity during Ediacaran-Cambrian transition: Silicon isotopic evidence

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-35

  Fan, Haifeng ^a,b   Wen, Hanjie ^a   Zhu, Xiangkun ^b   Hu, Ruizhong ^a   Tian, Shihong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bedded chert deposits; Ediacaran Cambrian transition interval; Hydrothermal activity; Si isotope

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CHERT; EDIACARAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; SILICON; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84867596130     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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