O2 constraints from Paleoproterozoic detrital pyrite and uraninite

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 813-830

  Johnson, Jena E ^a   Gerpheide, Aya ^a,b   Lamb, Michael P ^a   Fischer, Woodward W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WEATHERING;

ARCHAEAN; DETRITAL GRAINS; GRAIN EROSIONS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PHYSICAL TRANSPORT; REDOX SENSITIVES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SILICICLASTICS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETRITAL DEPOSIT; OXYGEN; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SANDSTONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URANINITE;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

SUBGROUP A;

EID: 84900322138     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30949.1     Document Type: Article

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