Calibration of sulfate levels in the Archean ocean

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5602, 2002, Pages 2372-2374

  Habicht, Kirsten S ^a   Gade, Michael ^a   Thamdrup, Bo ^a   Berg, Peter ^b   Canfield, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGASSING; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; METHANOGENS; OXYGEN; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FRESHWATER SULFATE REDUCERS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARCHEAN; CARBON CYCLE; FRACTIONATION; METHANOGENESIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOGENESIS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; VOLCANO;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES; TIME;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037147193     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078265     Document Type: Article

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