Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the Middle Riphean type section (Avzyan Formation, Southern Urals, Russia): Signal recovery in a fold-and-thrust belt

Chemical Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 211-232

  Bartley, Julie K ^a   Kah, Linda C ^b   McWilliams, Julie L ^a   Stagner, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Chemostratigraphy; Mesoproterozoic; Middle Riphean; Russia; Urals

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; RIPHEAN;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 33846576149     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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