Systematic variations in C, O, and Sr isotopes and elemental concentrations in neoproterozoic carbonates in Namibia: Implications for a glacial to interglacial transition

Precambrian Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-85

  Yoshioka, Hideyoshi ^a,e   Asahara, Yoshihiro ^b   Tojo, Bunji ^c   Kawakami, Shin ichi ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Glacial; Isotopes; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; OXYGEN; SEA WATER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; NAMIBIA; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SCREENING;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0038201620     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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