Carbon, sulfur, and oxygen isotope evidence for a strong depth gradient and oceanic oxidation after the Ediacaran Hankalchough glaciation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1357-1373

  Shen, Bing ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Bao, Huiming ^c   Kaufman, Alan J ^d   Zhou, Chuanming ^e   Yuan, Xunlai ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EDIACARAN; GLACIATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79451476230     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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