Geochemistry of ∼1.9 Ga sedimentary rocks from northeastern Labrador, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4115-4137

  Hayashi, Ken Ichiro ^a   Fujisawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Holland, Heinrich D ^b   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREYWACKE; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA, LABRADOR;

MINERAL; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; MINERALS; NEWFOUNDLAND; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0031411802     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00214-7     Document Type: Article

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