The iron isotope composition of microbial carbonate

Chemical Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 113-128

  von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm ^a   Mamberti, Marc ^a   Schoenberg, Ronny ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^b   Webb, Gregory E ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron isotopes; Microbial carbonate; Seawater chemistry; Stable isotopes; Stromatolite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; DOLOMITIZATION; FOSSIL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIMESTONE; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEAN BASIN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 40249112967     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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