Characterization of C-isotope variability in the Delhi Supergroup, northwestern India and the Mesoproterozoic ocean

International Geology Review

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 456-472

  Maheshwari, Anil ^a   Sial, A N ^b   Purhoit, Ritesh ^c   Bhu, Harsh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbonates; Mesoproterozoic; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 75649139883     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810902759699     Document Type: Article

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