Geochemistry of pyrite from diamictites of the Boolgeeda Iron Formation, Western Australia with implications for the GOE and Paleoproterozoic ice ages

Chemical Geology

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 131-142

  Swanner, Elizabeth D ^a   Bekker, Andrey ^b   Pecoits, Ernesto ^c   Konhauser, Kurt O ^c   Cates, Nicole L ^a   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric oxygen; Paleoproterozoic glaciations; Pyrite; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; EARTH'S SURFACE; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; MULTI-COLLECTOR; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IRON; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; OXYGEN; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR;

PYRITES;

DIAMICTITE; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889573433     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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