Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonates in middle Mesoproterozoic Wumishan Formation and sea-level change

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 2130-2136

  Li, Renwei ^a   Chen, Jinshi ^a   Zhang, Shukun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Mesoproterozoic; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942516280     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03182694     Document Type: Article

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