Publications
Project Acronym: BARB | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5047
2024
39.
Reinhardt M
,
Thiel V
,
Duda J
,
Hofmann A
,
Bajnai D
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Goetz W
,
Pack A
,
Reitner J
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Schanofski M
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Schönig J
,
Whitehouse M
,
Drake H
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Aspects of the biological carbon cycle in a ca. 3.42-billion-year-old marine ecosystem.
Precambrian Research. 2024 ; 402 [doi][doi]
Aspects of the biological carbon cycle in a ca. 3.42-billion-year-old marine ecosystem.
Precambrian Research. 2024 ; 402 [doi][doi]
38.
Hofmann A
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The Barberton Drilling Project's Buck Reef Chert core BARB3 – Sedimentary facies and depositional environment of a 3.4 Ga marine platform succession.
Precambrian Research. 2024 ; 414 [doi][doi]
The Barberton Drilling Project's Buck Reef Chert core BARB3 – Sedimentary facies and depositional environment of a 3.4 Ga marine platform succession.
Precambrian Research. 2024 ; 414 [doi][doi]
37.
Kitoga L
,
Zakharov D
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Marin-Carbonne J
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Boyet M
,
Moyen J
,
Di Rocco T
,
Pack A
,
Olivier N
,
Stevens G
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Oxygen and silicon isotopic compositions of Archean silicified lava and cherts of the Onverwacht Group: Implication for seafloor hydrothermalism and the nature of recycled components in the source of granitoids.
Chemical Geology. 2024 ; 670 [doi][doi]
Oxygen and silicon isotopic compositions of Archean silicified lava and cherts of the Onverwacht Group: Implication for seafloor hydrothermalism and the nature of recycled components in the source of granitoids.
Chemical Geology. 2024 ; 670 [doi][doi]
2023
36.
Pellerin A
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Thomazo C
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Ader M
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Marin-Carbonne J
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Alleon J
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Vennin E
,
Hofmann A
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Iron-mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation recorded in the early Archean ferruginous ocean.
GEOBIOLOGY. 2023 ; 21 (3): 277-289. [doi][doi]
Iron-mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation recorded in the early Archean ferruginous ocean.
GEOBIOLOGY. 2023 ; 21 (3): 277-289. [doi][doi]
35.
Bassez M
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The Possible Role of Anoxic Alkaline High Subcritical Water in the Formation of Ferric Minerals, Methane and Disordered Graphitic Carbon in a BARB3 Drilled Sample of the 3.4 Ga Buck Reef Chert.
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 2023 ; 53 (1-2): 1 – 41. [doi][doi]
The Possible Role of Anoxic Alkaline High Subcritical Water in the Formation of Ferric Minerals, Methane and Disordered Graphitic Carbon in a BARB3 Drilled Sample of the 3.4 Ga Buck Reef Chert.
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 2023 ; 53 (1-2): 1 – 41. [doi][doi]
2022
34.
Tusch J
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Hoffmann JE
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Hasenstab E
,
Fischer-Gödde M
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Marien CS
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Wilson AH
,
Münker C
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Long-term preservation of Hadean protocrust in Earth's mantle.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022 ; 119 (18): [doi][doi]
Long-term preservation of Hadean protocrust in Earth's mantle.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022 ; 119 (18): [doi][doi]
2021
33.
Boyet M
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Garçon M
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Arndt N
,
Carlson R
,
Konc Z
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Residual liquid from deep magma ocean crystallization in the source of komatiites from the ICDP drill core in the Barberton Greenstone Belt.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2021 ; 304 141 – 159. [doi][doi]
Residual liquid from deep magma ocean crystallization in the source of komatiites from the ICDP drill core in the Barberton Greenstone Belt.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2021 ; 304 141 – 159. [doi][doi]
32.
Oliveira GJG
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Reimold WU
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Crósta AP
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Hauser N
,
Koeberl C
,
Mader D
,
Schmitt R
,
Mohr-Westheide T
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Terrestrial and extraterrestrial chemical components of early Archean impact spherule layers from Fairview Gold Mine, northern Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 2021 ; 550 297 – 331. [doi][doi]
Terrestrial and extraterrestrial chemical components of early Archean impact spherule layers from Fairview Gold Mine, northern Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 2021 ; 550 297 – 331. [doi][doi]
2020
31.
Oliveira GJGd
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Reimold WU
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Crósta AP
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Hauser N
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Mohr-Westheide T
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Tagle R
,
Galante D
,
Kaufmann F
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Petrographic characterization of Archaean impact spherule layers from Fairview Gold Mine, northern Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Journal of African Earth Sciences. 2020 ; 162 [doi][doi]
Petrographic characterization of Archaean impact spherule layers from Fairview Gold Mine, northern Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Journal of African Earth Sciences. 2020 ; 162 [doi][doi]
2019
30.
Ledevin M
,
Arndt N
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Chauvel C
,
Jaillard E
,
Simionovici A
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The sedimentary origin of black and white banded cherts of the Buck Reef, Barberton, South Africa.
Geosciences (Switzerland). 2019 ; 9 (10): [doi][doi]
The sedimentary origin of black and white banded cherts of the Buck Reef, Barberton, South Africa.
Geosciences (Switzerland). 2019 ; 9 (10): [doi][doi]
29.
Lowe DR
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Drabon N
,
Byerly GR
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Crustal fracturing, unconformities, and barite deposition, 3.26–3.23 Ga, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2019 ; 327 34 – 46. [doi][doi]
Crustal fracturing, unconformities, and barite deposition, 3.26–3.23 Ga, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2019 ; 327 34 – 46. [doi][doi]
28.
Kaźmierczak J
,
Kremer B
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Pattern of cell division in ∼3.4 Ga-old microbes from South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2019 ; 331 [doi][doi]
Pattern of cell division in ∼3.4 Ga-old microbes from South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2019 ; 331 [doi][doi]
27.
Drabon N
,
Heubeck CE
,
Lowe DR
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Evolution of an Archean fan delta and its implications for the initiation of uplift and deformation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Journal of Sedimentary Research. 2019 ; 89 (9): 849 – 874. [doi][doi]
Evolution of an Archean fan delta and its implications for the initiation of uplift and deformation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Journal of Sedimentary Research. 2019 ; 89 (9): 849 – 874. [doi][doi]
2018
26.
Avice G
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Marty B
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Burgess R
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Hofmann A
,
Philippot P
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Zahnle K
,
Zakharov D
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Evolution of atmospheric xenon and other noble gases inferred from Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2018 ; 232 82 – 100. [doi][doi]
Evolution of atmospheric xenon and other noble gases inferred from Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2018 ; 232 82 – 100. [doi][doi]
25.
Byerly BL
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Lowe DR
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Drabon N
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Coble MA
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Burns DH
,
Byerly GR
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Hadean zircon from a 3.3 Ga sandstone, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Geology. 2018 ; 46 (11): 967 – 970. [doi][doi]
Hadean zircon from a 3.3 Ga sandstone, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Geology. 2018 ; 46 (11): 967 – 970. [doi][doi]
24.
Mohr-Westheide T
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Greshake A
,
Wirth R
,
Reimold W
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Transmission electron microscopy of impact-generated platinum group element alloys from Barberton spherule layers: New clues to their formation.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 2018 ; 53 (7): 1516 – 1536. [doi][doi]
Transmission electron microscopy of impact-generated platinum group element alloys from Barberton spherule layers: New clues to their formation.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 2018 ; 53 (7): 1516 – 1536. [doi][doi]
2017
23.
Avice G
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Marty B
,
Burgess R
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The origin and degassing history of the Earth's atmosphere revealed by Archean xenon.
Nature Communications. 2017 ; 8 [doi][doi]
The origin and degassing history of the Earth's atmosphere revealed by Archean xenon.
Nature Communications. 2017 ; 8 [doi][doi]
22.
Galić A
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Mason PR
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Mogollón JM
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Wolthers M
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Vroon PZ
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Whitehouse MJ
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Pyrite in a sulfate-poor Paleoarchean basin was derived predominantly from elemental sulfur: Evidence from 3.2 Ga sediments in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton.
Chemical Geology. 2017 ; 449 135 – 146. [doi][doi]
Pyrite in a sulfate-poor Paleoarchean basin was derived predominantly from elemental sulfur: Evidence from 3.2 Ga sediments in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Kaapvaal Craton.
Chemical Geology. 2017 ; 449 135 – 146. [doi][doi]
21.
Schulz T
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Koeberl C
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Luguet A
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Acken D
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Mohr-Westheide T
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Ozdemir S
,
Reimold WU
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New constraints on the Paleoarchean meteorite bombardment of the Earth – Geochemistry and Re-Os isotope signatures of spherule layers in the BARB5 ICDP drill core from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2017 ; 211 322 – 340. [doi][doi]
New constraints on the Paleoarchean meteorite bombardment of the Earth – Geochemistry and Re-Os isotope signatures of spherule layers in the BARB5 ICDP drill core from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2017 ; 211 322 – 340. [doi][doi]
20.
Garçon M
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Carlson R
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Shirey S
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Arndt N
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Horan M
,
Mock T
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Erosion of Archean continents: The Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotopic record of Barberton sedimentary rocks.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2017 ; 206 216 – 235. [doi][doi]
Erosion of Archean continents: The Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotopic record of Barberton sedimentary rocks.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2017 ; 206 216 – 235. [doi][doi]
19.
Drabon N
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Lowe DR
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Byerly GR
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Harrington JA
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Detrital zircon geochronology of sandstones of the 3.6-3.2 Ga Barberton greenstone belt: No evidence for older continental crust.
Geology. 2017 ; 45 (9): 803 – 806. [doi][doi]
Detrital zircon geochronology of sandstones of the 3.6-3.2 Ga Barberton greenstone belt: No evidence for older continental crust.
Geology. 2017 ; 45 (9): 803 – 806. [doi][doi]
18.
Kremer B
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Kaźmierczak J
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Cellularly preserved microbial fossils from ∼3.4 Ga deposits of South Africa: A testimony of early appearance of oxygenic life?.
Precambrian Research. 2017 ; 295 117 – 129. [doi][doi]
Cellularly preserved microbial fossils from ∼3.4 Ga deposits of South Africa: A testimony of early appearance of oxygenic life?.
Precambrian Research. 2017 ; 295 117 – 129. [doi][doi]
2016
17.
Fritz J
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Tagle R
,
Ashworth L
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Schmitt RT
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Hofmann A
,
Luais B
,
Harris PD
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Hoehnel D
,
Ozdemir S
,
Mohr-Westheide T
,
Koeberl C
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Nondestructive spectroscopic and petrochemical investigations of Paleoarchean spherule layers from the ICDP drill core BARB5, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 2016 ; 51 (12): 2441 – 2458. [doi][doi]
Nondestructive spectroscopic and petrochemical investigations of Paleoarchean spherule layers from the ICDP drill core BARB5, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 2016 ; 51 (12): 2441 – 2458. [doi][doi]
16.
Farber K
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Dziggel A
,
Meyer F
,
Harris C
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Petrology, geochemistry and fluid inclusion analysis of altered komatiites of the Mendon Formation in the BARB4 drill core, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
South African Journal of Geology. 2016 ; 119 (4): 639 – 654. [doi][doi]
Petrology, geochemistry and fluid inclusion analysis of altered komatiites of the Mendon Formation in the BARB4 drill core, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
South African Journal of Geology. 2016 ; 119 (4): 639 – 654. [doi][doi]
15.
Montinaro A
,
Strauss H
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Sulphur tales from the early Archean world.
International Journal of Astrobiology. 2016 ; 15 (3): 177 – 185. [doi][doi]
Sulphur tales from the early Archean world.
International Journal of Astrobiology. 2016 ; 15 (3): 177 – 185. [doi][doi]
14.
Puchtel IS
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Blichert-Toft J
,
Touboul M
,
Horan MF
,
Walker RJ
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The coupled 182W-142Nd record of early terrestrial mantle differentiation.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2016 ; 17 (6): 2168 – 2193. [doi][doi]
The coupled 182W-142Nd record of early terrestrial mantle differentiation.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2016 ; 17 (6): 2168 – 2193. [doi][doi]
2015
13.
Puchtel IS
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When was the Earth's conveyor belt set in motion?.
American Mineralogist. 2015 ; 100 (11-12): 2369 – 2370. [doi][doi]
When was the Earth's conveyor belt set in motion?.
American Mineralogist. 2015 ; 100 (11-12): 2369 – 2370. [doi][doi]
12.
Farber K
,
Dziggel A
,
Trumbull RB
,
Meyer FM
,
Wiedenbeck M
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Tourmaline B-isotopes as tracers of fluid sources in silicified Palaeoarchaean oceanic crust of the Mendon Formation, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Chemical Geology. 2015 ; 417 134 – 147. [doi][doi]
Tourmaline B-isotopes as tracers of fluid sources in silicified Palaeoarchaean oceanic crust of the Mendon Formation, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Chemical Geology. 2015 ; 417 134 – 147. [doi][doi]
11.
Ledevin M
,
Arndt N
,
Davaille A
,
Ledevin R
,
Simionovici A
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The rheological behaviour of fracture-filling cherts: Example of Barite Valley dikes, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Solid Earth. 2015 ; 6 (1): 253 – 269. [doi][doi]
The rheological behaviour of fracture-filling cherts: Example of Barite Valley dikes, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Solid Earth. 2015 ; 6 (1): 253 – 269. [doi][doi]
10.
Koeberl C
,
Schulz T
,
Reimold WU
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Remnants of early Archean impact deposits on earth: Search for a meteoritic component in the BARB5 and CT3 drill cores (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa).
In: Schonberg W.P., editors. Remnants of early Archean impact deposits on earth: Search for a meteoritic component in the BARB5 and CT3 drill cores (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa). Elsevier Ltd; 2015 . p. 310 – 317. [doi][doi]
Remnants of early Archean impact deposits on earth: Search for a meteoritic component in the BARB5 and CT3 drill cores (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa).
In: Schonberg W.P., editors. Remnants of early Archean impact deposits on earth: Search for a meteoritic component in the BARB5 and CT3 drill cores (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa). Elsevier Ltd; 2015 . p. 310 – 317. [doi][doi]
9.
Montinaro A
,
Strauss H
,
Mason PR
,
Roerdink D
,
Münker C
,
Schwarz-Schampera U
,
Arndt NT
,
Farquhar J
,
Beukes NJ
,
Gutzmer J
,
Peters M
.
Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2015 ; 267 311 – 322. [doi][doi]
Paleoarchean sulfur cycling: Multiple sulfur isotope constraints from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
Precambrian Research. 2015 ; 267 311 – 322. [doi][doi]
8.
Blichert-Toft J
,
Arndt NT
,
Wilson A
,
Coetzee G
.
Hf and Nd isotope systematics of early Archean komatiites from surface sampling and ICDP drilling in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
American Mineralogist. 2015 ; 100 (11-12): 2396 – 2411. [doi][doi]
Hf and Nd isotope systematics of early Archean komatiites from surface sampling and ICDP drilling in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.
American Mineralogist. 2015 ; 100 (11-12): 2396 – 2411. [doi][doi]
7.
Farber K
,
Dziggel A
,
Meyer FM
,
Prochaska W
,
Hofmann A
,
Harris C
.
Fluid inclusion analysis of silicified Palaeoarchaean oceanic crust - A record of Archaean seawater?.
Precambrian Research. 2015 ; 266 150 – 164. [doi][doi]
Fluid inclusion analysis of silicified Palaeoarchaean oceanic crust - A record of Archaean seawater?.
Precambrian Research. 2015 ; 266 150 – 164. [doi][doi]
2014
6.
Puchtel IS
,
Walker RJ
,
Touboul M
,
Nisbet EG
,
Byerly GR
.
Insights into early Earth from the Pt-Re-Os isotope and highly siderophile element abundance systematics of Barberton komatiites.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2014 ; 125 394 – 413. [doi][doi]
Insights into early Earth from the Pt-Re-Os isotope and highly siderophile element abundance systematics of Barberton komatiites.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2014 ; 125 394 – 413. [doi][doi]
2013
5.
Puchtel I
,
Blichert-Toft J
,
Touboul M
,
Walker R
,
Byerly G
,
Nisbet E
,
Anhaeusser C
.
Insights into early Earth from Barberton komatiites: Evidence from lithophile isotope and trace element systematics.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2013 ; 108 63 – 90. [doi][doi]
Insights into early Earth from Barberton komatiites: Evidence from lithophile isotope and trace element systematics.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2013 ; 108 63 – 90. [doi][doi]
4.
Grosch EG
,
McLoughlin N
.
Paleoarchean sulfur cycle and biogeochemical surface conditions on the early Earth, Barberton, South Africa.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2013 ; 377-378 142 – 154. [doi][doi]
Paleoarchean sulfur cycle and biogeochemical surface conditions on the early Earth, Barberton, South Africa.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2013 ; 377-378 142 – 154. [doi][doi]
3.
Heubeck C
,
Engelhardt J
,
Byerly GR
,
Zeh A
,
Sell B
,
Luber T
,
Lowe DR
.
Timing of deposition and deformation of the Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa): Very-high-resolution of Archaean surface processes.
Precambrian Research. 2013 ; 231 236 – 262. [doi][doi]
Timing of deposition and deformation of the Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa): Very-high-resolution of Archaean surface processes.
Precambrian Research. 2013 ; 231 236 – 262. [doi][doi]
2012
2.
Robin-Popieul CC
,
Arndt NT
,
Chauvel C
,
Byerly GR
,
Sobolev AV
,
Wilson A
.
A new model for barberton komatiites: Deep critical melting with high melt retention.
Journal of Petrology. 2012 ; 53 (11): 2191 – 2229. [doi][doi]
A new model for barberton komatiites: Deep critical melting with high melt retention.
Journal of Petrology. 2012 ; 53 (11): 2191 – 2229. [doi][doi]
1.