DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(78)90011-0. Oxygen isotope geochemistry of cherts from the Onverwacht Group (3.4 billion years), Transvaal, South Africa, with implications for secular variations in the isotopic composition of cherts

Oxygen isotope geochemistry of cherts from the Onverwacht Group (3.4 billion years), Transvaal, South Africa, with implications for secular variations in the isotopic composition of cherts

10.1016/0012-821x(78)90011-0

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Elsevier BV

Earth and Planetary Science Letters (78)

Bibliography

Knauth, L. P., & Lowe, D. R. (1978). Oxygen isotope geochemistry of cherts from the Onverwacht Group (3.4 billion years), Transvaal, South Africa, with implications for secular variations in the isotopic composition of cherts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 41(2), 209â222.

Authors 2

L. Paul Knauth (first)
Donald R. Lowe (additional)

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Deposited	6 years, 4 months ago (April 4, 2019, 2 p.m.)
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Issued	46 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1978)
Published	46 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1978)
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