Micro-scale sulphur isotope evidence for sulphur cycling in the late Archean shallow ocean

Geobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-17

  Kamber, B S ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; CARBONATE; CONCRETION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALLOW WATER; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSVAAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33847175918     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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