Carbon and oxygen isotope compositions of the carbonate facies in the Vindhyan Supergroup, central India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-134

  Banerjee, S ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Sarkar, S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Facies; Meteoric water; Proterozoic; Vindhyan

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DIAGENESIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 33746284493     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703029     Document Type: Article

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