A carbon isotope reference scale for the Lower Cambrian succession in Siberia: report of IGCP Project 303
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 131 (6), 767-783
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800012851
Abstract
Four sections from the mid-Atdabanian to lowest Toyonian (middle Cambrian) along the Lena River of Siberia were sampled for carbon isotope stratigraphy. These show a mainly heavy but highly oscillatory 13C followed until late Toyonian times, coincident with Botomian-Toyonian mass extinctions. Eleven carbon isotope cycles are identified through the lower Cambrian, which should now be tested for their utility in global correlation and relationship to bioevents in the Cambrian explosion.Keywords
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