The Start of Sulfur Oxidation in Continental Environments: About 2.2 × 10 9 Years Ago
- 5 August 1983
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 221 (4610), 549-551
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.221.4610.549
Abstract
Whereas dissimilatory sulfate reduction in marine environments has been postulated on the basis of sulfur isotope abundances as commencing before about 2.8 x 109 years ago, data from the Huronian Supergroup, Canada, suggest that oxidative-reductive reactions involving sulfur in continental environments were not significant before about 2.2 x 109 years ago.Keywords
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