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dc.contributor.authorMazumdar, A.
dc.contributor.authorStrauss, H.
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-14T11:39:51Z
dc.date.available2006-11-14T11:39:51Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationPrecambrian Research, vol.149(3-4), 217–230p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/490
dc.description.abstractSulfur and strontium isotope ratios are presented for carbonate and evaporite rocks from the late Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian Bilara and Hanseran Evaporite Groups, NW India. The sulfur isotopic compositions of trace sulfate in carbonate rocks from the Bilara Group (27.2–42.0‰, average 33.8±3.1‰, n = 37) and for calcium sulfate from the Hanseran Evaporite Group (27.5–39.7‰, 32.4±3‰; n = 25) are in good agreement with previously determined sulfur isotope values from evaporites and phosphorite deposits of terminal Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian age. Lithological and geochemical results suggest the coeval nature of the Bilara Group and Hanseran Evaporite Group. Fluctuations in the sulfur isotopic composition may at least partially be attributed to intrabasinal bacterial sulfate reduction under sulfate limitation or diagenetic processes. These variations are superimposed on the globally recognized sulfur isotopic enrichment that occurred between 600 and 500 Ma. Similarly, the strontium isotopic composition of Bilara carbonate rocks and Hanseran evaporites are comparable to the contemporaneous global seawater 87Sr/86Sr ratios, recording an increase during post-Varangerian time. The rise in Sr isotopic ratio through the late Neoproterozoic and early Cambrian and enrichment of sulfate in 34S may be attributed to high nutrient flux associated with erosion and subsequent burial of sulfide through biogeochemical processes. This process possibly dominated over the fluvial flux of 32S rich sulfate produced by pyrite weathering.
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dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2006] Elsevier
dc.subjectSulfur isotope
dc.subjectLate Neoproterozoic
dc.titleSulfur and strontium isotopic compositions of carbonate and evaporite rocks from the late Neoproterozoic–early Cambrian Bilara Group (Nagaur-Ganganagar Basin, India): Constraints on intrabasinal correlation and global sulfur cycle
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