Carbon and oxygen isotopic signatures in Albian-Danian limestones of Cauvery Basin, southeastern India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 519-529

  Madhavaraju, J ^a   Kolosov, I ^b   Buhlak, D ^b   Armstrong Altrin, J S ^c   Ramasamy, S ^a   Mohan, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics Minsk   (Belarus)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C and O isotopes; Cauvery Basin; Diagenesis; Limestone; Southeastern India

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DANIAN; DIAGENESIS; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

CAUVERY BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 1942466417     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70802-9     Document Type: Article

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