Revised Wonoka isotopic anomaly in South Australia and Late Ediacaran mass extinction

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 709-722

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a   Marconato, André ^b   Osterhout, Jeffery T ^a   Watts, Kathryn E ^c   Bindeman, Ilya N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84906910010     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2014-016     Document Type: Article

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