Organic carbon proxies in black shales: Molybdenum

Chemical Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 167-176

  Wilde, Pat ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^b   Quinby Hunt, Mary S ^c  

^a Pangloss Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Baltica; Black shales; Chemical proxies; Molybdenum; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 2442486801     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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