Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian isotopic variation and chemostratigraphy of the Lesser Himalaya, India, Eastern Gondwana

Chemical Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 64-88

  Tewari, V C ^a   Sial, A N ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Chemostratigraphy; Lesser Himalaya, Gondwana, India; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DOLOMITE; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAZOAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

METAZOA;

EID: 33846673637     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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