Modes of accumulation of carbonaceous matter in the early Archean: A petrographic and geochemical study of the carbonaceous cherts of the Swaziland Supergroup

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 329, Issue , 1999, Pages 115-132

  Walsh, Maud M ^a   Lowe, Donald R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; VOLCANOES;

CARBONACEOUS GRAINS; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LOW-ENERGY CONDITIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SEDIMENTS;

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGENESIS; PHOTIC ZONE; SHALLOW WATER; SILICIFICATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; SWAZILAND;

EID: 0038261476     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2329-9.115     Document Type: Article

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