Rare-earth elements in the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Paleo proxies of ocean geochemistry

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1396-1413

  Piper, D Z ^a   Perkins, R B ^b   Rowe, H D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphoria Formation; Rare earth elements; Sedimentary phosphate deposit; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHATES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

OCEAN GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT; TERRIGENOUS DEBRIS;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ADVECTION; ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBONATE; CARBONIFEROUS; DEPOSITION; ENRICHMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PERMIAN; PHOSPHATE; PHOTIC ZONE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRACE ELEMENT;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547760421     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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