Coupled silicon-oxygen isotope fractionation traces Archaean silicification

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 222-230

  Abraham, K ^a,b   Hofmann, A ^c   Foley, S F ^a   Cardinal, D ^b,d   Harris, C ^e   Barth, M G ^a   Andre, L ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barberton Greenstone Belt; O isotopes; Si isotopes; Silicification; Two step process

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELTS; O ISOTOPES; SI ISOTOPES; SILICIFICATION; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

BASALT; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES;

SILICON;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CHERT; DISSOLUTION; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SILICIFICATION; SILICON;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 78650282450     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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