Seawater redox variations during the deposition of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, United Kingdom (Upper Jurassic): Evidence from molybdenum isotopes and trace metal ratios

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Pearce, Christopher R ^a   Coe, Angela L ^a   Cohen, Anthony S ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOARCIAN;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; KIMMERIDGE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

PECTINATUS;

EID: 78649260586     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA001963     Document Type: Article

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