Sulfur and carbon isotope analyses of the 2.7 Ga Jeerinah Formation, Fortescue Group, Australia

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-133

  Kakegawa, Takeshi ^a   Kasahara, Yukio ^a   Hayashi, Ken Ichiro ^a   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PYRITE; SHALE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034100380     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.34.121     Document Type: Article

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