Pre-metamorphic carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope signature of high-grade marbles from the lützow-holm complex, east antarctica: Apparent age constraints of carbonate deposition

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 308, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-164

  Satish Kumar, M ^a   Miyamoto, T ^b   Hermann, J ^c   Kagami, H ^d   Osanai, Y ^b   Motoyoshi, Y ^e  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; GONDWANA; MARBLE; METAMORPHISM; OUTCROP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROGRADATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 71549170263     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP308.7     Document Type: Article

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