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Isua Greenstone Belt, sulfur isotope data (NERC Grant NE/V010824/1)

Triple-sulfur isotope data from schists and carbonates in the Eoarchean Isua Greenstone Belt (3.7 Ga), using a new leaching technique and a multi-collector ICP-MS. The results reveal distinct pattern between the two lithologies and demonstrate an atmospheric contribution of sulfur in both cases. This may support the notion that these rocks represent metamorphosed marine sediments. However, hydrothermal alteration needs to be assessed in more detail to verify the antiquity of these signatures.

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Date (Creation)
2023-12-18
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608169
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Eva Elisabeth Stueeken
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Andrea Burke
Bute Building, Queen's Terrace , St Andrews , KY16 9TS ,
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Patrick Sugden
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Matthew Dumont
Originator
  University of St Andrews - Jane E. Macdonald
Originator
  University of Copenhagen - Kristoffer Szilas
Øster Voldgade 10 , Copenhagen , Denmark
Originator
  University of Cambridge - Jane E. Macdonald
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Archaean
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Sulphur isotopes
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  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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The dataset has been formally approved by BGS for access by external clients under a BGS Digital Data Licence, issued via BGS's IPR Section. The dataset must not be provided to, or be accessible by, an external client until the IPR Section confirms that signed licence documentation is in place. Refer to the IPR Section (DigitalLE@bgs.ac.) if further advice is required.. Constraint applies until 2024-07-01
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GREENLAND [id=902000]

Date (Creation)
1979

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2023-02-01
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2023-12-15
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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No
Statement
Sulfur was leached from rock powders with aqua regia; the solutions were dried and redissolved in dilute nitric acid and then purified for sulfate with a Prepfast. The purified solutions enriched in sulfate were analysed by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry at the University of St Andrews
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Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608169
 
 

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