The sulfur isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian seawater - Evidence from the cyclic Hanseran evaporites, NW India

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-28

  Strauss, Harald ^a   Banerjee, Dhiraj M ^b   Kumar, Virendra ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Evaporites; India; Neoproterozoic; Seawater composition; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDIA;

EID: 0035013396     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00361-2     Document Type: Article

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