The Sr, C and O isotopic evolution of Neoproterozoic seawater

Chemical Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-57

  Jacobsen, Stein B ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic evolution; Neoproterozoic; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER;

EID: 0034107797     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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