Two episodes of 13C-depletion in organic carbon in the latest Permian: Evidence from the terrestrial sequences in northern Xinjiang, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Cao, Changqun ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Lujun ^a   Shen, Shuzhong ^a   Summons, Roger E ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; China; Permian; terrestrial; Triassic; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE CARBON; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MEISHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR; ZHEJIANG;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 44649108241     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.043     Document Type: Article

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