Understanding carbonate ramp dynamics using δ13C profiles: Examples from the Neoproterozoic Buah Formation of Oman

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 62-67

  Cozzi, Andrea ^a   Allen, Philip A ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RAMP; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 1942466541     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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