Extreme 13Ccarb enrichment in ca. 2.0 Ga magnesite-stromatolite-dolomite-'red beds' association in a global context: A case for the world-wide signal enhanced by a local environment

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 71-120

  Melezhik, Victor A ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b,d   Medvedev, Pavel V ^c,e   Makarikhin, Vladimir V ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Laboratory of Stratigraphy and Lithology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbonate platform; Dolomite; Evaporates; Isotopes; Magnesite; Oxygen; Palaeoproterozoic; Red beds; Shallow water environment; Stromatolite; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; GLOBAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; RED BED;

EID: 0033500090     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-8252(99)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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