Accumulation and preservation of reworked marine pyrite beneath an oxygen-rich Devonian atmosphere: Constraints from sulfur isotopes and framboid textures

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 623-633

  Formolo, Michael J ^a,c   Lyons, Timothy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SHALE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; ARCHAEAN; DEVONIANS; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICALS; LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS; METAL SULFIDES; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; WATER COLUMNS;

PYRITES;

ACCUMULATION; DEVONIAN; DIAGENESIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PRESERVATION; PYRITE; REWORKING; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 34447557917     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.062     Document Type: Article

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