740 Ma vase-shaped microfossils from Yukon, Canada: Implications for neoproterozoic chronology and biostratigraphy

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 659-662

  Strauss, Justin V ^a   Rooney, Alan D ^a   MacDonald, Francis A ^a   Brandon, Alan D ^b   Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD; OSMIUM; SILICATE MINERALS;

ARIZONA , USA; EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; GLOBAL CALIBRATION; GRAND CANYONS; ITS APPLICATIONS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEOPROTEROZOIC BASINS; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ARIZONA; CANADA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84905181589     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35736.1     Document Type: Article

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