A widespread positive δ13Ccarb anomaly at around 2.33-2.06 Ga on the Fennoscandian Shield: A paradox?

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-157

  Melezhik, Victor A ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC EXCURSION; PROTEROZOIC;

EUROPE, FENNOSCANDIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0029750513     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00738.x     Document Type: Article

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