Carbon and oxygen isotopic variations in peritidal stromatolite cycles, Paleoproterozoic Kajrahat Limestone, Vindhyan basin of central India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 823-831

  Banerjee, Santanu ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^b   Sarkar, Subir ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Paleoproterozoic; Stable isotopes; Stromatolite cycles; Subaerial exposure; Vindhyan

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STROMATOLITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYAN BASIN;

EID: 33847253351     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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