Biogeochemical cycling of iron in the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Earth: Constraints from iron isotope variations in sedimentary rocks from the Kaapvaal and Pilbara Cratons

Chemical Geology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 135-169

  Yamaguchi, Kosei E ^a,b,c   Johnson, Clark M ^b,c   Beard, Brian L ^b,c   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^c,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Biology; Iron; Isotope; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAAPVAAL CRATON; PILBARA BLOCK; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 18444370853     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.01.020     Document Type: Article

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