The anomalous Ca cycle in the Ediacaran ocean: Evidence from Ca isotopes preserved in carbonates in the Three Gorges area, South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1070-1089

  Sawaki, Yusuke ^a   Tahata, Miyuki ^a   Ohno, Takeshi ^b   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^c   Hirata, Takafumi ^d   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Han, Jian ^e   Shu, Degan ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological evolution; Cambrian; Ediacaran; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EARLY EARTH; EDIACARAN; FORMATION MECHANISM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

EID: 84893808071     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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