Shungites: The C-rich rocks of Karelia, Russia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1363-1378

  Buseck, Peter R ^a   Galdobina, Ludmila P ^b   Kovalevski, Vladimir V ^b   Rozhkova, Natalia N ^b   Valley, John W ^c   Zaidenberg, Alexander Z ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Glassy carbon; Karelia; Lake Onega; Proterozoic; Russia; Shunga; Shungite

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GLASSY CARBON; PROTEROZOIC; SHUNGITE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KARELIA, SHUNGA;

EID: 0031350972     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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