Evaluation of δ13C chemostratigraphy for intrabasinal correlation: Vendian strata of northeast Siberia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 992-1003

  Pelechaty, Shane M ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^b   Grotzinger, John P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORRELATION; DIAGENESIS; EROSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; VENDIAN; CARBON-13; ISOTOPIC SHIFT; PROTEROZOIC;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; KARAULAKH MOUNTAINS; OLENEK UPLIFT;

CARBON; EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

CARBONATE RAMPS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NORTH-EAST SIBERIA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; TIME-DEPENDENT OSCILLATIONS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 0030480203     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0992:EOCCFI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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