Carbon, oxygen, strontium, and sulfur isotopic compositions in late Precambrian rocks of the Patom Complex, central Siberia: Communication 2. Nature of carbonates with ultralow and ultrahigh δ13C values

Lithology and Mineral Resources

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 576-587

  Pokrovskii, B G ^a   Melezhik, V A ^b   Bujakaite, M I ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 33846452873     PISSN: 00244902     EISSN: 16083229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S002449020606006X     Document Type: Article

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