Multiple sulfur isotopes and the evolution of the atmosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Farquhar, James ^a   Wing, Boswell A ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric evolution; Biogeochemical cycles; Mass independant fractionation; Sulfur cycle; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EARLY EARTH; EVOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 0042699880     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00296-6     Document Type: Article

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