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Chapter 8. Biostratigraphy and stratigraphic subdivision of Cryogenian successions of Australia in a global context
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Grey, K and Hill, AC and Calver, C, Chapter 8. Biostratigraphy and stratigraphic subdivision of Cryogenian successions of Australia in a global context, Geological Society of America. Memoirs, 36, (1) pp. 113-134. ISSN 0072-1069 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1144/M36.8
Abstract
Cryogenian correlation in Australia is based on an extensive data set from the Centralian Superbasin and Adelaide Rift Complex and integrates biostratigraphy and isotope chemostratigraphy to provide a three-dimensional interpretation based on outcrop and drill holes. Studies are ongoing, but newer data are consistent with the distributions discussed here. From the chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic viewpoint, the first appearance of the acritarch Cerebrosphaera buickii, coupled with a large negative isotope excursion at c. 800 Ma, supported by the first appearance of the stromatolite Baicalia burra, seems to have potential for boundary placement. It is widely recognized across Australia and seems to have potential globally.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | acritarch, biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, outcrop, Proterozoic, sequence stratigraphy, stromatolite |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences |
| Author: | Calver, C (Dr Clive Calver) |
| ID Code: | 120242 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | Earth Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2017-08-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-20 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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