Sulfur cycle in buried evaporites

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 643-646

  Worden, R H ^a   Smalley, P C ^b   Fallick, A E ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DIAGENETIC PROCESS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; THERMOCHEMICAL SULFATE REDUCTION; ABSOLUTE AGES; EVAPORITES; LATE PERMIAN; SULFUR CYCLES;

SULFUR;

DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR ISOTOPE; BURIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMIAN; SULPHUR; TRIASSIC;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ABU DHABI;

EID: 0030752129     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0643:SCIBE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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