Sulfur isotopes in coal constrain the evolution of the Phanerozoic sulfur cycle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8443-8446

  Canfield, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SEA WATER; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTION; ISOTOPE MASS BALANCE; MICROORGANISM; OXIDATION; PHANEROZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR CYCLE;

COAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84878162286     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306450110     Document Type: Article

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