Antiquity of the biological sulphur cycle: Evidence from sulphur and carbon isotopes in 2700 million-year-old rocks of the Belingwe Belt, Zimbabwe

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1463, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Grassineau, N V ^a   Nisbet, E G ^a   Bickle, M J ^a   Fowler, C M R ^a   Lowry, D ^a   Mattey, D P ^a   Abell, P ^a   Martin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Belingwe Greenstone Belt; Carbon isotopes; Photosynthesis; Sulphur cycle; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

ARCHEAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; GREENSTONE BELT; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; METHANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; ZIMBABWE;

BELINGWE BELT; ZIMBABWE;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035931281     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1338     Document Type: Article

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