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Did the Transgondwanan Supermountain trigger the explosive radiation of animals on Earth?

Date

Authors

Squire, Richard J.

Campbell, Ian

Allen, Charlotte M

Wilson, Christopher J.L.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The explosive radiation of animals on Earth during the late Early Cambrian period (∼ 530-510 Ma) coincides with the deposition of enormous volumes of continentally derived sedimentary rocks throughout Gondwana. We show here, that these quartz-rich sedi

Keywords

Keywords: Bicarbonate ions; Cambrian explosion; Detrital zircons; Gondwana; Calcium; Deposition; Iron; Phosphorus; Seawater; Sedimentary rocks; Sedimentation; Strontium; Supersaturation; Tectonics; Weathering; Geochronology; biostratigraphy; Cambrian; continental c Cambrian Explosion; Detrital zircons; Gondwana; Tectonics

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20578

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.032

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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