Palaeoproterozoic, rift-related, 13C-rich, lacustrine carbonates, NW Russia. Part II: Global isotope signal recorded in the lacustrine dolostones

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 423-444

  Melezhik, V A ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Kuznetsov, A B ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Carbon; dolomite; isotopes; oxygen; stromatolite; strontium

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; PROTEROZOIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM (GENUS); PENE;

EID: 17744382306     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001152     Document Type: Article

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