Regional variations in the carbon isotopic composition of phosphorite from the Early Cambrian Lower Tal Formation, Mussoorie Hills, India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 5-15

  Mazumdar, A ^a   Banerjee, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Apatite; Diagenetic environment; Early Cambrian; Phosphorite; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; REGIONAL PATTERN;

INDIA;

EID: 0035002842     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00360-0     Document Type: Article

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