Large sulfur isotope fractionation does not require disproportionation

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6038, 2011, Pages 74-77

  Sim, Min Sub ^a   Bosak, Tanja ^a   Ono, Shuhei ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEROZOIC;

DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUCOSE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79959831682     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1205103     Document Type: Article

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