Framboidal pyrites in cherts of the Laobao Formation, South China: Evidence for anoxic deep ocean in the terminal Ediacaran;华南老堡组硅质岩中草莓状黄铁矿——埃迪卡拉纪末期深海缺氧的证据

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1001-1007

  Chang, HuaJin ^a,b,c   Chu, XueLei ^a   Feng, Lianjun ^a,b   Huang, Jing ^a,b,c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chert; Paleo ocean; Pyrite; Redox; The terminal Ediacaran

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168638746     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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