Diagenetic constraints on the use of cerium anomalies as palaeoseawater redox proxies: An isotopic and REE study of Cambrian phosphorites

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 29-48

  Shields, Graham ^a   Stille, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Cerium anomalies; Diagenesis; Palaeoceanography; Phosphorites; Rare earth elements; S isotopes; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CERIUM; DIAGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035039437     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00362-4     Document Type: Article

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