The impact of brine-rock interaction during marine evaporite formation on the isotopic Sr record in the oceans: Evidence from Mt. Sedom, Israel

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2039-2053

  Stein, M ^a,d   Starinsky, A ^a   Agnon, A ^a   Katz, A ^a   Raab, M ^b   Spiro, B ^c   Zak, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; EVAPORITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033939298     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00370-7     Document Type: Article

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