4 Ga of seawater evolution: Evidence from the sulfur isotopic composition of sulfate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 379, Issue , 2004, Pages 195-205

  Strauss, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phanerozoic; Precambrian; Seawater; Sulfate; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GALLIUM;

AEROSOL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 84870884838     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2379-5.195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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