Paleoproterozoic glaciation: Evidence from carbon isotope record of the Hutuo Group, Wutai Mountain area of Shanxi Province, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 2922-2930

  Kong, Fan Fan ^a,b   Yuan, Xun Lai ^b   Zhou, Chuan Ming ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; Hutuo Group; ice age; Paleoproterozoic; Shanxi Province; Wutai Mountain

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052210457     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4639-0     Document Type: Article

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