Atmospheric sulfur in archean komatiite-hosted nickel deposits

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5956, 2009, Pages 1086-1089

  Bekker, Andrey ^a,b   Barley, Mark E ^c   Fiorentini, Marco L ^c   Rouxel, Olivier J ^d   Rumble, Douglas ^a   Beresford, Stephen W ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARCHEAN; GEOACCUMULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; KOMATIITE; MAGMA; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SHALE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC; SEA; SEDIMENT; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 70450160857     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177742     Document Type: Article

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