Synchronizing rock clocks in the late Cambrian

The Cambrian is the most poorly dated period of the past 541 million years. Here, the authors present a new astronomical time scale, allowing for a first assessment, in numerical time, of the evolution of major biotic and abiotic changes that characterized the late Cambrian Earth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhengfu Zhao, Nicolas R. Thibault, Tais W. Dahl, Niels H. Schovsbo, Aske L. Sørensen, Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen, Arne T. Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29651-4