High-δ13c paleoproterozoic carbonates from the aravalli supergroup, western India

International Geology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 949-954

  Maheshwari, Anil ^a   Sial, A N ^b   Chittora, V K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC;

INDIA;

EID: 0033373354     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819909465181     Document Type: Article

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