Large 18O and 13C depletions in greenschist facies carbonate rocks, western Arizona

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 943-946

  Guerrera Jr , Antonio ^a,b   Peacock, Simon M ^a   Knauth, L Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; HEMATITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBONATE ROCK; COLORADO PLATEAU; DECARBONATION; GREENSCHIST; ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHISM; METAMORPHIC GRADE; OXIDATION OF METHANE;

CARBONATES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; DEFORMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879535     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0943:LOACDI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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