Strontium isotope stratigraphy: Possible applications for...

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES VOL. 9, ES1002, doi:10.2205/2007ES000221, 2007

Strontium isotope stratigraphy: Possible applications for age estimation and global correlation of Late Permian carbonates of the Pechishchi type section, Volga River

N. G. Nurgalieva¹, V. A. Ponomarchuk², and D. K. Nurgaliev¹

¹Department of Geology, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
²United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Received 21 May 2007; revised 30 May 2007; accepted 12 June 2007; published 3 August 2007.

Keywords: strontium isotopic stratigraphy, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr ratio, Permian rocks, carbonates, evaporates.

Index Terms: 0426 Biogeosciences: Biosphere/atmosphere interactions; 1022 Geochemistry: Composition of the hydrosphere; 1041 Geochemistry: Stable isotope geochemistry; 3000 Marine Geology and Geophysics; 9335 Geographic Location: Europe; 9615 Information Related to Geologic Time: Permian.

Citation: Nurgalieva, N. G., V. A. Ponomarchuk, and D. K. Nurgaliev (2007), Strontium isotope stratigraphy: Possible applications for age estimation and global correlation of Late Permian carbonates of the Pechishchi type section, Volga River, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 9, ES1002, doi:10.2205/2007ES000221.