Stable carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of Indian carbonatites

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-45

  Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^a   Ramesh, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 31144468722     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.1.17     Document Type: Article

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