Geochemical changes across the Ordovician-Silurian transition on the Yangtze Platform, South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-54

  Yan, DeTian ^a,b   Chen, DaiZhao ^b   Wang, QingChen ^b   Wang, JianGuo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Mass extinction; Ordovician Silurian boundary; Paleo redox proxies; Rare earth elements; Trace elements; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OXYGEN; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; ELEMENT RATIOS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HUBEI PROVINCE; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEO-REDOX PROXIES; SOUTH CHINA; VARIATION PATTERNS; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HUBEI; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 58549108810     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0143-z     Document Type: Article

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