Oxygen isotope composition of meltwater from a Neoproterozoic glaciation in South China

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-370

  Peng, Yongbo ^a,e   Bao, Huiming ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^b,c   Luo, Taiyi ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SURFACE; GLACIAL MELTWATER; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GUIZHOU; ICE CORE; INTEGRAL PART; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NEOPROTEROZOIC ERA; NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; PORE FLUIDS; SOUTH CHINA; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; WATER CYCLE; WATER ISOTOPE;

BARITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; EARTH (PLANET); GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BARITE; DIAMICTITE; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MALACHITE; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; SULFATE GROUP; WEATHERING;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84874747106     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33830.1     Document Type: Article

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