High-δ 13 C Paleoproterozoic carbonates from the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 875-878

  Buick, I S ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; DEVOLATILIZATION; KAAPVAAL; MARINE DELTAS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

CARBONATES;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE ROCK; METAMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

EID: 84879880215     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0875:HCPCFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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