Sulphur and oxygen isotope signatures of late Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian sulphate, Yangtze Platform, China: Diagenetic constraints and seawater evolution

Precambrian Research

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 223-241

  Goldberg, Tatiana ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^b   Strauss, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Late Neoproterozoic; Stable isotopes; Sulphate oxygen; Sulphate sulphur; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DIAGENESIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31544449745     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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