Palaeoproterozoic evaporites in Fennoscandia: Implications for seawater sulphate, the rise of atmospheric oxygen and local amplification of the δ13C excursion

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-148

  Melezhik, Victor A ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b   Rychanchik, Dmitry V ^c   Kuznetsov, Anton B ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EVAPORITE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744371935     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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