Paleoproterozoic Stark Formation, Athapuscow Basin, northwest Canada: Record of cratonic-scale salinity crisis

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-295

  Pope, Michael C ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; EVAPORITE; LITHOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSITION ELEMENT; CARBONATE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CARBONATE SATURATIONS; DEEP-WATER CARBONATES; NORTHWEST CANADA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SHALLOW WATERS;

ROCKS;

EID: 10844291739     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/091302730280     Document Type: Article

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