Chronostratigraphic implication of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of the Proterozoic Bhima carbonates, southern India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 593-600

  Kumar, B ^a   Das Sharma, S ^a   Shukla, M ^b   Sharma, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhima basin; Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Carbonates; Chronostratigraphy; Karnataka; Terminal Preterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC;

INDIA;

EID: 0033133592     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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