Stable isotope analysis of the Cretaceous sulfur cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Turchyn, Alexandra V ^a   Schrag, Daniel P ^b   Coccioni, Rodolfo ^c   Montanari, Alessandro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco   (Italy)

Author keywords

barite; CAS; Cretaceous; isotope; oxygen; sulfur

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC EVENTS; BOX MODELS; CAS; CRETACEOUS; DATA SETS; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; RAPID CHANGES; RE-OXIDATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RIVERINE INPUT; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SULFUR CYCLES; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BARITE; CARBONATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PYRITES; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR;

ISOTOPES;

BARITE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 67650716334     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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