Isotopic evidence for a sizeable seawater sulfate reservoir at 2.1Ga

Precambrian Research

Volumn 192-195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-88

  Reuschel, M ^a   Melezhik, V A ^b,c   Whitehouse, M J ^d   Lepland, A ^b   Fallick, A E ^e   Strauss, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate associated sulfate; Paleoproterozoic; Residence time; Seawater sulfate reservoir; Sulfate concentration; Sulfate evaporites

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PSEUDOMORPH; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

BALTIC SHIELD;

EID: 80855147685     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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