Stable isotope evidence for involvement of deglacial meltwater in Ediacaran carbonates in South China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-100

  Zhao, Yan Yan ^a   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Continental glaciation; Deglacial meltwater; Ediacaran carbonate; Marginal basin; Marine glaciation; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGLACIATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; EDIACARAN; EXTRACTION METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARGINAL BASIN; MELTWATER; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 75149118780     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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