A δ34SSO4approach to reconstructing biogenic pyrite burial in carbonate-evaporite basins: An example from the Ara Group, Sultanate of Oman

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-374

  Fike, D A ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; CAMBRIANS; EDIACARAN; EVAPORITES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRON SOURCES; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SECULAR VARIATION; SULTANATE OF OMAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER;

ISOTOPES;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EDIACARAN; EVAPORITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PYRITE; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

OMAN;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953983477     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30230.1     Document Type: Article

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