Metamorphic decarbonation in the Neoproterozoic and its environmental implication

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Omori, S ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Greenhouse gas; Neoproterozoic; Snowball Earth; Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEGASSING; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 46149104115     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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