13C enrichment in the Palaeoproterozoic carbonate rocks of the Aravalli Supergroup, northwest India: Influence of depositional environment

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 538-546

  Purohit, Ritesh ^a   Sanyal, Prasanta ^b   Roy, A B ^c   Bhattacharya, S K ^d  

^a Govt College   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Aravalli Supergroup; Archaeal methanogenesis; Palaeoproterozoic carbonates

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; PROTEROZOIC;

INDIA;

EID: 77954958364     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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