Sulfur- and oxygen-isotopes in sediment-hosted stratiform barite deposits

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-147

  Johnson, Craig A ^a   Emsbo, Poul ^a   Poole, Forrest G ^a   Rye, Robert O ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 56949098184     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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