Environmental and diagenetic variations in carbonate associated sulfate: An investigation of CAS in the Lower Triassic of the Western USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1570-1582

  Marenco, Pedro J ^a   Corsetti, Frank A ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^b   Bottjer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 51349100912     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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