Origins of pyrites in the ~2.5 Ga Mt. McRae Shale, the Hamersley District, Western Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 19-20, 1998, Pages 3205-3220

  Kakegawa, Takeshi ^a,b   Kawai, Hajime ^a   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; PYRITE; SHALE; SOURCE ROCK; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032463404     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00229-4     Document Type: Article

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