Biogenic nitrogen and carbon in Fe-Mn-oxyhydroxides from an Archean chert, Marble Bar, Western Australia

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Pinti, Daniele L ^a   Hashizume, Ko ^b   Orberger, Beate ^c   Gallien, Jean Paul ^d   Cloquet, Christophe ^a,e   Massault, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archean; Biosignatures; Carbon isotopes; Iron isotopes; Marble Bar chert; Nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650005747     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001394     Document Type: Article

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