Carbon isotope fluctuations in Precambrian carbonate sequences of several localities in Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 539-558

  Sial, Alcides N ^a   Ferreira, Valderez P ^a   Dealmeida, Afonso R ^b   Romano, Antonio W ^c   Parente, Clovis V ^b   Dacosta, Marcondes L ^d   Santos, Victor H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archean; Carbon isotopes; Carbonates; Chemostratigraphy; Neoproterozoic; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000209752     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652000000400006     Document Type: Article

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