Chemostratigraphy of the Late Mesoproterozoic Atar Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania: Muted isotopic variability, facies correlation, and global isotopic trends

Precambrian Research

Volumn 200-203, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-103

  Kah, Linda C ^a   Bartley, Julie K ^b   Teal, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atar Group; Carbon isotope stratigraphy; Correlation; Mauritania; Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRATON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OPEN OCEAN; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STROMATOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BRAZIL; MAURITANIA; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; TAOUDENNI BASIN;

EID: 84858173638     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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