Rhenium and molybdenum enrichments in sediments as indicators of oxic, suboxic and sulfidic conditions of deposition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 65-78

  Crusius, John ^a   Calvert, Stephen ^a   Pedersen, Thomas ^a   Sage, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic environment; Authigenic minerals; Black Sea; Eh; Japan Sea; Saanich inlet; Sulfides; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; REDOX CONDITIONS; RHENIUM; SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0030434843     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00204-x     Document Type: Article

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