Response to Comment on "Early Archaean Microorganisms Preferred Elemental Sulfur, Not Sulfate"

Our knowledge of the sulfur cycle on early Earth is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, there exist enough geochemical constraints from the rock record to show that the theoretical mixing models proposed by Bao et al . are highly unlikely to account for the range of δ 34 S and Δ 33 S values recorded...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Philippot, Pascal, Van Zuilen, Mark, Lepot, Kevin, Thomazo, Christophe, Farquhar, James, Van Kranendonk, Martin J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2008
Subjects:
North Pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1151414
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1151414
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Summary:Our knowledge of the sulfur cycle on early Earth is still in its infancy. Nevertheless, there exist enough geochemical constraints from the rock record to show that the theoretical mixing models proposed by Bao et al . are highly unlikely to account for the range of δ 34 S and Δ 33 S values recorded for the microscopic sulfides at the North Pole.

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