Application of Fe isotopes to tracing the geochemical and biological cycling of Fe

Chemical Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 87-117

  Beard, Brian L ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Skulan, Joseph L ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^b   Cox, Lea ^b   Sun, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Fe isotopes; Isotope fractionation; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0037446397     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00390-X     Document Type: Article

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