Nd isotopic variations of Chinese seawater during neoproterozoic through Cambrian

Chemical Geology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 127-137

  Jiedong, Yang ^a   Xiancong, Tao ^a   Yaosong, Xue ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chinese seawater; Isotopic variations; Nd isotopic variations; Neoproterozoic; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER;

CHINA;

EID: 0030825414     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(95)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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