Sulfur and strontium isotopic compositions of carbonate and evaporite rocks from the late Neoproterozoic-early Cambrian Bilara Group (Nagaur-Ganganagar Basin, India): Constraints on intrabasinal correlation and global sulfur cycle

Precambrian Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 217-230

  Mazumdar, A ^a   Strauss, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Carbonate; Evaporite; Late Neoproterozoic; Sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; CARBONATE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NAGAUR; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI GANGANAGAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748435899     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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