Evolution of the oceanic sulfur cycle at the end of the Paleoproterozoic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 23 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 5723-5739

  Johnston, David T ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^b   Fralick, Philip W ^c   Wing, Boswell A ^a,d   Canfield, Donald E ^e   Farquhar, James ^a,f  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33750833140     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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