Biological control of Cl/Br and low sulfate concentration in a 3.5-Gyr-old seawater from North Pole, Western Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 451-463

  Foriel, Julien ^a   Philippot, Pascal ^a   Rey, Patrice ^b   Somogyi, Andrea ^c   Banks, David ^d   Ménez, Bénédicte ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean seawater; Fluid inclusions; Halogens; North Pole Dome; Sulfate; Synchrotron X ray microfluorescence

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MICROFLUORESCENCE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS;

COMPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

ARCHEAN; BROMINE; CHLORINE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 10844271350     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.09.034     Document Type: Article

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