A hydrothermal origin for isotopically anomalous cap dolostone cements from south China

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7349, 2011, Pages 68-71

  Bristow, Thomas F ^a,d   Bonifacie, Magali ^a,b   Derkowski, Arkadiusz ^c   Eiler, John M ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID; ISOTOPE; METHANE; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 86; STRONTIUM 87; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CEMENT; CLATHRATE; DOLOSTONE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PRECAMBRIAN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOLOSTONE; GLACIATION; GLACIER; OXIDATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOMETRY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHINA;

EID: 79957933924     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10096     Document Type: Article

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