Evidence for a gradual rise of oxygen between 2.6 and 2.5 Ga from Mo isotopes and Re-PGE signatures in shales

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2417-2435

  Wille, M ^a   Kramers, J D ^a   Nagler T F ^a   Beukes, N J ^b   Schroder S ^b   Meisel, Th ^c   Lacassie, J P ^b   Voegelin, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL CRUST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGEN; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 34247638026     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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