Nitrogen and argon isotopic signatures in graphite from the 3.8-Ga-old Isua Supracrustal Belt, Southern West Greenland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1241-1252

  van Zuilen, Mark A ^a,e   Mathew, Kattathu ^b   Wopenka, Brigitte ^c   Lepland, Aivo ^d   Marti, Kurt ^b   Arrhenius, Gustaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARGON; BIOMARKER; GRAPHITE; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NITROGEN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT; WORLD;

EID: 14844321968     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.08.033     Document Type: Article

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