The abundance of Fe(CO3)OH in goethite and a possible constraint on minimum atmospheric oxygen partial pressures in the Phanerozoic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4397-4402

  Yapp, Crayton J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GOETHITE; OOLITIC IRONSTONE; OXYGEN; PHANEROZOIC; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030434401     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00268-2     Document Type: Article

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