Use of clumped-isotope thermometry to constrain the crystallization temperature of diagenetic calcite

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 656-669

  Huntington, Katharine W ^a   Budd, David A ^b   Wernicke, Brian P ^c   Eiler, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; LIME; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLLUSCS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CONSTRAIN CONDITION; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DIAGENETIC EVENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES;

ISOTOPES;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGENESIS; EOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; LITHIFICATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 81155153019     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.51     Document Type: Article

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