Sr isotopic compositions of cold seep carbonates from the South China Sea and the Panoche Hills (California, USA) and their significance in palaeooceanography

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-41

  Ge, Lu ^a,b   Jiang, Shao Yong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold seep carbonates; Panoche Hills; South China Sea; Sr isotope; Sr isotope stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; COLD SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANOCHE HILLS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875083302     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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