Isotopic evidence of the pivotal role of sulfite oxidation in shaping the oxygen isotope signature of sulfate

Chemical Geology

Volumn 354, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-202

  Müller, Inigo A ^a,b   Brunner, Benjamin ^a,c   Coleman, Max ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic sulfite oxidation; Oxygen exchange; Oxygen isotopes; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM FRACTIONATIONS; KINETIC ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN EXCHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SULFATE; SULFITE OXIDATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXIDATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 84880806176     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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