Nodular celestite in the Chihsia Formation (Middle Permian) of South China

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-278

  Yan, Jiaxin ^a   Carlson, Ernest H ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihsia formation; Nodular celestite; South China; Strontium isotopes; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CELESTINE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; NODULATION; PERMIAN; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

(SOUTH); CHINA;

EID: 0037687706     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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