Carbon isotope ratios of Phanerozoic marine cements: Re-evaluating the global carbon and sulfur systems

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 4831-4846

  Carpenter, Scott J ^b   Lohmann, Kyger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY CEMENT; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 0031394747     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00361-X     Document Type: Article

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