History of water-column anoxia in the Black Sea indicated by pyrite framboid size distributions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 517-525

  Wilkin, Richard T ^a   Arthur, Michael A ^a   Dean, Walter E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic environment; Black Sea; Black shale; Framboidal texture; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BLACK SHALE; FRAMBOID SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRAMBOIDAL TEXTURE; HOLOCENE; PYRITE;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030792776     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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