Dolomitization and isotope stratigraphy of the Vazante Formation, São Francisco Basin, Brazil

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 303-329

  Azmy, Karem ^a,f   Veizer, Jan ^a,b   Misi, Aroldo ^c   De Oliveira, Tolentino Flávio ^d   Sanches, Andreia Lima ^c   Dardenne, Marcel Auguste ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d Cia Mineira De Metais ^*  (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dolomites; Geochemistry; Isotope stratigraphy; Proterozoic carbonates; Vazante Formation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; CEMENT; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM; WATER;

DOLOMITE; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035843031     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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