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A carbon isotope reference scale for the Lower Cambrian succession in Siberia: report of IGCP Project 303

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. D. Brasier ,
A. Yu. Rozanov ,
A. Yu. Zhuravlev ,
R. M. Corfield  and
L. A. Derry
M. D. Brasier
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road, Oxford 0X1 3PR, UK
A. Yu. Rozanov
Affiliation:
Palaeontological Institute, 123 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow 117647, Russia
A. Yu. Zhuravlev
Affiliation:
Palaeontological Institute, 123 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow 117647, Russia
R. M. Corfield
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Parks Road, Oxford 0X1 3PR, UK
L. A. Derry
Affiliation:
CNRS, Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochemiques, 54501, Vandoevre-les-Nancy, France
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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 δ13C signature for the Atdabanian to mid-Botomian interval, coincident with the major phase of invertebrate innovation. A prolonged interval of negative δ13C 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.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 131 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 767 - 783
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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