Carbon and oxygen isotopic variations in stromatolitic dolomites of Palaeoproterozoic Vempalle Formation, Cuddapah Basin, India

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Chakrabarti, Gopal ^a   Shome, Debasish ^b   Kumar, Subhasish ^b   Armstrong Altrin, John S ^c   Sial, Alcides N ^d  

^a West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Huronian; Icehouse; Isotope; PDB; Proterozoic; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DOLOMITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; STABLE ISOTOPE; STROMATOLITE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; CUDDAPAH BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 80052439299     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: 18785212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13146-011-0054-5     Document Type: Article

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