Evidence for free oxygen in the Neoarchean ocean based on coupled iron-molybdenum isotope fractionation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-137

  Czaja, Andrew D ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Roden, Eric E ^a   Beard, Brian L ^a   Voegelin, Andrea R ^b   Nägler, Thomas F ^b   Beukes, Nicolas J ^c   Wille, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTIC ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SHALE;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 84860598403     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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