In situ iron isotope analyses of pyrite and organic carbon isotope ratios in the Fortescue Group: Metabolic variations of a Late Archean ecosystem

Precambrian Research

Volumn 212-213, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-193

  Yoshiya, Kazumi ^a   Nishizawa, Manabu ^b   Sawaki, Yusuke ^a   Ueno, Yuichiro ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Yamada, Keita ^a   Yoshida, Naohiro ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^d   Wada, Hideki ^e   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic methanotrophy; Archean; Carbon isotope; Iron isotope; Microbial iron reduction

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHEAN; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PYRITE; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861835369     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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