Sr isotope composition in carbonates of the Karatau Group, southern Urals, and standard curve of 87Sr/86Sr variations in the Late Riphean Ocean

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-449

  Kuznetsov, A B ^a   Semikhatov, M A ^b   Gorokhov, I M ^a   Mel'nikov, N N ^a   Konstantinova, G V ^a   Kutyavin, E P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

87Sr 86Sr ratio in seawater; And Akademik erbreen groups; Atar; Bitter Springs Formation; Carbonate rocks; Karatau; Late Riphean; Shaler

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RIPHEAN; SEAWATER; STRATOTYPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0344236384     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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