Stable iron isotope fractionation between aqueous Fe(II) and model Archean ocean Fe-Si coprecipitates and implications for iron isotope variations in the ancient rock record

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-28

  Wu, Lingling ^a,b   Percak Dennett, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Beard, Brian L ^a,b   Roden, Eric E ^a,b   Johnson, Clark M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARCHEAN; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERRIHYDRITE; FRACTIONATION; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84863393552     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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