Trace sulfate in mid-Proterozoic carbonates and the sulfur isotope record of biospheric evolution

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3813-3829

  Gellatly, Anne M ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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CARBONATE; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 22744459588     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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