Contrasting sulfur geochemistry and Fe/Al and Mo/Al ratios across the last oxic-to-anoxic transition in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

Chemical Geology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 131-157

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Werne, Josef P ^b   Hollander, David J ^b   Murray, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; Iron; Molybdenum; Pyrite; Redox history; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOTTOM WATER; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLEISTOCENE; PYRITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SULFUR;

CARIACO BASIN; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037446415     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00392-3     Document Type: Article

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