Analytical Constraints on the Measurement of the Sulfur Isotopic Composition and Concentration of Trace Sulfate in Phosphorites: Implications for Sulfur Isotope Studies of Carbonate and Phosphate Rocks

Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-174

  Goldberg, Tatiana ^a,b   Shields, Graham A ^c   Newton, Robert J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Francolite; Phosphorite; Sulfur concentration; Sulfur extraction; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DETECTION METHODS; FRANCOLITE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ICP-AES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEW PROTOCOL; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; PHOSPHORITE; REANALYSIS; SULFUR CONCENTRATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER RINSE;

ACETIC ACID; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMBUSTION; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

SULFUR DETERMINATION;

EID: 79956114380     PISSN: 16394488     EISSN: 1751908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2010.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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