Chlorine, sulfur and oxygen isotopic constraints on ancient evaporite deposit in the western Tarim Basin, China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-577

  Tan, Hongbing ^a   Ma, Haizhou ^a   Wei, Haizhen ^a   Xu, Jianxin ^a   Li, Tingwei ^a  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Isotope geochemistry; Salt; Sedimentary facies; Sedimentary stage; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUQA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33846688750     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.40.569     Document Type: Article

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