Diagenetic significance of carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopic compositions in the Aptian-Albian Mural Formation in Cerro Pimas area, northern Sonora, Mexico.
Journal: Journal of Iberian Geology
Year: 2013

A carbon, oxygen and strontium isotopic study on the predominantly carbonate succession of the shallow marine Mural Formation in the Cerro Pimas locality of northern Sonora (Mexico) was undertaken to understand isotopic variations in seawater during Aptian- Albian time. Petrographic study has been carried out on these limestones to support the isotopic study. The limestones show low content of TOC, both negative and positive δ13C values (-4.1 to +2.2‰ VPDB) and d18O values varying from -13.4 to