Terminal Ediacaran Carbonate Rocks (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Terminal Ediacaran Carbonate Rocks

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These are Terminal Ediacaran carbonate rocks in Three Gorges area (Hubei Province), People's Republic of China. These rocks were deposited in a shallow marine environment between 551 and 541 million years ago, and hold a record of the marine environmental changes that occurred at the time they were deposited.

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