Redox sensitivity of P cycling during marine black shale formation: Dynamics of sulfidic and anoxic, non-sulfidic bottom waters

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3703-3717

  Marz C ^a   Poulton, S W ^b   Beckmann, B ^c   Kuster K ^a   Wagner, T ^b   Kasten, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CONIACIAN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; IRON; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDOX CONDITIONS; SANTONIAN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

CONIACIAN;

EID: 47049094147     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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