Chemostratigraphy of the Shaler Supergroup, Victoria Island, NW Canada: A record of ocean composition prior to the Cryogenian glaciations

Precambrian Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 232-245

  Thomson, Danielle ^a   Rainbird, Robert H ^b   Planavsky, Noah ^c,d   Lyons, Timothy W ^d   Bekker, Andrey ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitter Springs carbon isotope excursion; Carbon isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Fe speciation; Neoproterozoic; Redox sensitive trace metals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928916903     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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