Sr, C, and O isotope geochemistry of Ordovician brachiopods: A major isotopic event around the Middle-Late Ordovician transition

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2005-2025

  Shields, Graham A ^a   Carden, Giles A F ^b   Veizer, Jan ^a,b   Meidla, Tõnu ^c   Rong, Jia Yu ^d   Li, Rong Yu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORDOVICIAN; SEAWATER; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 0038685886     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01116-X     Document Type: Article

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