Transvaal Supergroup carbonates: Implications for Paleoproterozoic δ18O and δ13C records

Precambrian Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 149-160

  Frauenstein, Frank ^a   Veizer, Ján ^a,b   Beukes, N ^c   Van Niekerk, H S ^c   Coetzee, L L ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; First free oxygen; Transition from the Archean to the Proterozoic; Transvaal Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 70350728638     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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