A critical look at iron paleoredox proxies: New insights from modern euxinic marine basins

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 23 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 5698-5722

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Severmann, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITION; DILUTION; ENRICHMENT; IRON; OXIC CONDITIONS; POREWATER; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; REMOBILIZATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLACK SEA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; EURASIA; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ORCA BASIN; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 33750822500     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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