Triple oxygen and multiple sulfur isotope constraints on the evolution of the post-Marinoan sulfur cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 435, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-83

  Crockford, Peter W ^a   Cowie, Benjamin R ^b   Johnston, David T ^b   Hoffman, Paul F ^b,d   Sugiyama, Ichiko ^a   Pellerin, Andre ^a   Bui, Thi Hao ^a   Hayles, Justin ^c   Halverson, Galen P ^a   Macdonald, Francis A ^b   Wing, Boswell A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barite; Cap dolostone; Neoproterozoic; Snowball earth; Sulfur cycle; Triple oxygen

Indexed keywords

BARITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHERING;

CAP DOLOSTONE; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPES; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NORTHWEST CANADA; SNOWBALL EARTH; SULFUR CYCLES; TRIPLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

SULFUR;

BARITE; DOLOSTONE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA; CHINA; MAURITANIA;

EID: 84951774162     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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