Reconstructing paleoredox conditions through a multitracer approach: The key to the past is the present

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 359-364

  Severmann, Silke ^a   Anbar, Ariel D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of life; Paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Paleoredox proxies; Transition metal isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); OXYGENATION; TRANSITION METALS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; EARTH'S SURFACE; EVOLUTION OF LIFE; MULTI-TRACER APPROACH; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOREDOX PROXIES; REDOX CONDITION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

EID: 76249099794     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.6.359     Document Type: Article

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