High ammonium contents in the 3800 Ma Isua supracrustal rocks, central West Greenland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2173-2178

  Honma, Hiroji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ARCHAEAN; BIOTITE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK;

GREENLAND, ISUA BELT;

EID: 0030466631     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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