Strontium-, carbon- and oxygen-isotope compositions of marbles from the Cycladic blueschist belt, Greece

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 511-528

  Gärtner, Claudia ^a   Bröcker, Michael ^a   Strauss, Harald ^a   Farber, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

C and O isotopes; Cycladic blueschist belt; Greece; marble; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

BLUESCHISTS; CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; GREECE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; SR ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

MARBLE;

BLUESCHIST; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CARBONATE ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARBLE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ANDROS; BAHAMAS; CYCLADAS; GREECE; NAXOS; SIFNOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SYROS; TINOS;

EID: 79960267886     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681100001X     Document Type: Article

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