Modeling the signature of sulfur mass-independent fractionation produced in the Archean atmosphere

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 365-380

  Claire, Mark W ^a,b,c   Kasting, James F ^b,d   Domagal Goldman, Shawn D ^b,c,e   Stüeken, Eva E ^b   Buick, Roger ^b   Meadows, Victoria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BLUE MARBLE SPACE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTIONATION; MODELING; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 84905385078     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.06.032     Document Type: Article

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