Timing the deposition of 17O-depleted barite at the aftermath of Nantuo glacial meltdown in South China

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 903-906

  Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Bao, Huiming ^b   Peng, Yongbo ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAP CARBONATES; CAP DOLOSTONE; CAP DOLOSTONES; CAVITY FILLING; CONSISTENT SEQUENCE; EDIACARAN; FIELD SURVEYS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; ISOTOPE DATA; KARSTIC; LAST STAGE; METHANE HYDRATES; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; NORTHWEST CANADA; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; SNOWBALL EARTH; SOUTH CHINA; THIN SECTION; YANGTZE BLOCK;

CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GAS HYDRATES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METHANE;

BARITE;

BARITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLUTION; DOLOSTONE; EDIACARAN; FIELD SURVEY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ISOSTASY; MELTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA; CANADA; CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 77958107731     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31224.1     Document Type: Article

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