Carbon and sulfur isotopic compositions of Early Cambrian black shales, NW Hunan, China: Implications for the Paleoceanographic sedimentary environment

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-345

  Ma, Dongsheng ^a   Cao, Shuanglin ^b   Pan, Jiayong ^b   Xia, Fei ^b   Yao, Chunyan ^a   Ding, Haifeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

black shale; Lower Cambrian; sedimentary environment; stable isotope; trace element; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; LOWER CAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPES; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SHALE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PYRITE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CHINA; HUNAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79961132497     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11631-011-0517-3     Document Type: Article

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