Archaean asteroid impacts, banded iron formations and MIF-S anomalies: A discussion

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Glikson, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Asteroid; Atmosphere; Impact; Isotopes; Oxygen; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950033148     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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