A Paleoproterozoic drowned carbonate platform on the southeastern margin of the Wyoming Craton: A record of the Kenorland breakup

Precambrian Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 327-364

  Bekker, Andrey ^a,b   Eriksson, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope excursion; Carbonate deposition; Oxygen rise; Paleoproterozoic; Snowy Pass Supergroup

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID;

BLACK SHALE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DEPOSITION; DOLOMITE; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC;

GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0037429333     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00165-1     Document Type: Article

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