Can marine anoxic events draw down the trace element inventory of seawater?

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1057-1060

  Algeo, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Basin; Biogeochemical cycles; Black shale; Devonian; Molybdenum; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ANOXIA; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA; REDOX-SENSITIVE TRACE ELEMENTS; APPALACHIAN BASIN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BLACK SHALES; DEVONIANS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

DATA REDUCTION; DEPOSITION; REDOX REACTIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MOLYBDENUM; OIL SHALE; SEAWATER;

SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLYBDENUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TRACE ELEMENT; ANOXIA; BASIN; DEVONIAN; FACIES; RESERVOIR; SEAFLOOR;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044222645     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20896.1     Document Type: Article

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