Palaeoproterozoic magnesite: Lithological and isotopic evidence for playa/sabkha environments

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 379-397

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

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon; Dolomite; Isotopes; Magnesite; Oxygen; Palaeoproterozoic; Playa; Red beds; Sabkha; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITE; MAGNESITE; PLAYA; PROTEROZOIC; SABKHA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035031356     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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