Geochemistry of a 1.2 Ga carbonate-evaporite succession, northern Baffin and Bylot Islands: Implications for Mesoproterozoic marine evolution

Precambrian Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 203-234

  Kah, Linda C ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^b   Chesley, John T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca limitation; Evaporites; Magnesium; Mesoproterozoic; S isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0001702596     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00161-9     Document Type: Article

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