Re-Os isotope systematics in black shales from the Lesser Himalaya: Their chronology and role in the 187Os/188Os evolution of seawater

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2381-2392

  Singh, Sunil K ^a   Trivedi, J R ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OSMIUM; SEAWATER;

INDIA;

EID: 0033395149     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00201-X     Document Type: Article

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