The five stable isotope compositions of Fig Tree barites: Implications on sulfur cycle in ca. 3.2 Ga oceans

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4868-4879

  Bao, Huiming ^a   Rumble III, Douglas ^b   Lowe, Donald R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BARITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PHOTOLYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR CYCLE;

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

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 35448988909     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.05.032     Document Type: Article

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