Hydrographic conditions of the Devono-Carboniferous North American Seaway inferred from sedimentary Mo-TOC relationships

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 204-230

  Algeo, Thomas J ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^b   Blakey, Ronald C ^c   Over, D Jeffrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Molybdenum; Organic carbon; Redox; Residence time; Seawater chemistry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; DEEP WATER; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 36148987614     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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