Sulphur isotope evidence for an oxic Archaean atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7105, 2006, Pages 908-911

  Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Yumiko ^a   Ikemi, Hiroaki ^a,b   Poulson, Simon R ^c   Taylor, Bruce E ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; PHOTOLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

MARINE SHALES; SULPHUR ISOTOPES; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRATOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIAGENESIS; FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33747857329     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05044     Document Type: Article

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