Stable isotopes in marine carbonates: Their implications for the paleoenvironment with special reference to the proterozoic Vindhyan carbonates (central India)

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-159

  Friedman, Gerald M ^a,b   Chakraborty, Chandan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Jagannath Kishore College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC;

INDIA, VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 0031458112     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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