Sulfur isotopic trends and iron speciation from the c. 2.0 Ga Pilgujärvi Sedimentary Formation, NW Russia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 196-197, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-203

  Reuschel, M ^a   Melezhik, V A ^b,c   Strauss, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ferruginous water column; Iron speciation; Paleoproterozoic; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; PYRRHOTITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TURBIDITE; WATER COLUMN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84855460860     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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