First multi-proxy chronostratigraphy of the lower Cambrian Byrd Group, Transantarctic Mountains and correlation within East Gondwana

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Betts, Marissa J., Claybourn, Thomas M., Holmer, Lars E., Skovsted, Christian B., Myrow, Paul M., Stemmerik, Lars, Topper, Timothy P., Park, Tae Yoon S., Hughes, Nigel C., Crowley, James L., Jagodzinski, Elizabeth A., Brock, Glenn A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Biostratigraphy; Cambrian; Chronostratigraphy; Correlation; Isotope; Small shelly fossils; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Flinders; Holyoake Range; Churchill Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Siberia
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/9df8bade-109d-41de-a7d8-7ca802833ea6; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.07.022; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203012639&partnerID=8YFLogxK; https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE220101558

Antarctica and Australia were sutured together at the equator during the major pulse of animal biodiversification associated with the Cambrian radiation. However, the lack of detailed systematic chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic sampling of lower Cambrian sedimentary successions from Antarctic...