Subaerial exposure surfaces in a Palaeoproterozoic 13C-rich dolostone sequence from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt: Palaeoenvironmental and isotopic implications for the 2330-2060 Ma global isotope excursion of 13C/12C

Precambrian Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 75-103

  Melezhik, V A ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Grillo, S M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Dipto Geoingegneria Tecnologie A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Dolocrte; Dolostone; Lacustrine; Palaeoproterozoic; Silcrete; Subaerial exposure surface

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; IRON; ISOTOPE; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN 18; SILICON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM; WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; DOLOSTONE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT ROOT; PROTEROZOIC; REVIEW; ROCK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; STRATIGRAPHY;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA;

EID: 3042545594     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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