Large molybdenum isotope variations trace subsurface fluid migration along the Dead Sea transform

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 463-466

  Ryb, Uri ^a   Erel, Yigal ^a   Matthews, Alan ^a   Avni, Yoav ^b   Gordon, Gwyneth W ^c   Anbar, Ariel D ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD SEA; FLUID MIGRATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; RAYLEIGH; RIFT VALLEY;

BRINES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MOLYBDENUM;

ANTICLINE; CRETACEOUS; IRON OXIDE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 69649089248     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25331A.1     Document Type: Article

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