Multiple sulfur isotopes from Paleoproterozoic Huronian interglacial sediments and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 188-212

  Papineau, Dominic ^a   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric oxygen; glacial interglacial; Huronian Supergroup; ion microprobe; mass independent fractionation; Paleoproterozoic; sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; OXYGEN; SULFIDE MINERALS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PROTEROZOIC; SULFUR ISOTOPE; THAWING; WEATHERING RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33847041439     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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