When do black shales tell molybdenum isotope tales?

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-538

  Gordon, G W ^a   Lyons, T W ^b   Arnold, G L ^a   Roe, J ^c   Sageman, B B ^d   Anbar, A D ^a,e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; DATA POINTS; DEVONIANS; EUXINIA; GLOBAL OCEAN; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; NEW YORK; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; REDOX-SENSITIVE METALS; WATER COLUMNS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

MOLYBDENUM;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DEVONIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER;

EID: 67651080971     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25186A.1     Document Type: Article

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