Multiple sulfur isotopes and the evolution of Earth's surface sulfur cycle

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-183

  Johnston, David T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth history; Evolution; Multiple sulfur isotopes; Oxygen; Precambrian; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EARLY EARTH; EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRECAMBRIAN; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 79953198212     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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