PGE, Re-Os, and Mo isotope systematics in Archean and early Proterozoic sedimentary systems as proxies for redox conditions of the early Earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1787-1801

  Siebert, C ^a   Kramers, J D ^a   Meisel, Th ^b   Morel, Ph ^a   Nagler Th F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; EARLY EARTH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 16244412614     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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