Ediacaran growth of the marine sulfate reservoir

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 32-44

  Halverson, Galen P ^a   Hurtgen, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; Neoproterozoic; oxygen; sulfate; sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; GLACIATION; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

CARBON; ISOTOPES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFATE MINERALS;

UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; EDIACARAN; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTATION; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 35548978019     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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