Seawater rare-earth element patterns preserved in apatite of Pennsylvanian conodonts?

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1609-1624

  Bright, Camomilia A ^a   Cruse, Anna M ^b   Lyons, Timothy W ^c   MacLeod, Kenneth G ^d   Glascock, Michael D ^d   Ethington, Raymond L ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONODONT; LIMESTONE; PENNSYLVANIAN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER;

EID: 60449094525     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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