The sulphur isotopic composition of trace sulphates in Carboniferous brachiopods: Implications for coeval seawater, correlation with other geochemical cyles and isotope stratigraphy

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 149-173

  Kampschulte, A ^a   Bruckschen, P ^a   Strauss, H ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboniferous seawater; Geochemical cycles; Isotope stratigraphy; Sulphur isotopes; Trace sulphates

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035003898     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00367-3     Document Type: Article

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