Mechanism of molybdenum removal from the sea and its concentration in black shales: EXAFS evidence

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3631-3642

  Helz, G R ^a   Miller, C V ^a,e   Charnock, J M ^b,c   Mosselmans, J F W ^b,c   Pattrick, R A D ^d   Garner, C D ^c   Vaughan, D J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; MOLYBDENUM; SCAVENGING; SULPHIDE;

EID: 0030467774     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00195-0     Document Type: Article

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