Sulfur geochemical constraints on Mesoproterozoic restricted marine deposition: Lower Belt Supergroup, northwestern United States

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-437

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Luepke, James J ^a   Schreiber, Madeline E ^b   Zieg, Gerald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SULFUR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034032220     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00323-3     Document Type: Article

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