Sulphur and oxygen isotope signatures of late Permian Zechstein anhydrites, West Poland: Seawater evolution and diagenetic constraints

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-400

  Peryt, Tadeusz Marek ^a   Hałas, Stanisław ^b   Hryniv, Sofiya Petrivna ^c  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Diagenetic isotopic resetting; Marine evaporites; Permian; Sulphate isotopes; Zechstein

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; ZECHSTEIN;

POLAND;

EID: 77957991482     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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