Proterozoic sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposits and links to evolving global ocean chemistry

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 198, Issue , 2006, Pages 169-184

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Gellatly, Anne M ^a   McGoldrick, Peter J ^b   Kah, Linda C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygenation; Ocean chemistry; Proterozoic; SEDEX deposits; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PYRITES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGENATION; CONDITION; GLOBAL OCEAN; MINERALISATION; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION;

DEPOSITS;

ANOXIA; ARCHEAN; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MINERALIZATION; OXYGENATION; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRESHOLD; WEATHERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49349101295     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.1198(10)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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