Pathways for Neoarchean pyrite formation constrained by mass-independent sulfur isotopes

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

Volumn 110, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 17638-17643

  Farquhar, James ^a,b   Cliff, John ^b   Zerkle, Aubrey L ^c   Kamyshny, Alexey ^d   Poulton, Simon W ^e   Claire, Mark ^f   Adams, David ^d   Harms, Brian ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NEOARCHEAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

Δ33S; Δ36S; Δ34S; NEOARCHEAN POLYSULFIDE PRODUCTION PATHWAYS;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IRON; SOUTH AFRICA; SULFIDES; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 84887029347     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1218851110     Document Type: Article

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