Petrographic and SIMS pyrite sulfur isotope analyses of Ediacaran chert nodules: Implications for microbial processes in pyrite rim formation, silicification, and exceptional fossil preservation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 481-495

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Schiffbauer, James D ^a   McFadden, Kathleen A ^b   Hunter, Jerry ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ConocoPhillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chert nodule; Ediacaran; Fossil preservation; Pyrite; SIMS; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHERT NODULE; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL PRESERVATION; SIMS; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALS; FLOW OF WATER; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; SEAWATER; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR;

SILICA;

CHERT; EDIACARAN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROFOSSIL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESERVATION; PYRITE; SILICIFICATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CHINA; THREE GORGES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956011759     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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