Molybdenum isotope, multiple sulfur isotope, and redox-sensitive element behavior in early Pleistocene Mediterranean sapropels

Chemical Geology

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 134-144

  Scheiderich, K ^a   Zerkle, A L ^a,b   Helz, G R ^a   Farquhar, J ^a,b   Walker, R J ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Molybdenum isotopes; Multiple sulfur isotopes; Ocean Drilling Program; Redox; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPES; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; REDOX; SAPROPELS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BARIUM; ISOTOPES; MOLYBDENUM; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR;

OXIC SEDIMENTS;

EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLEISTOCENE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78649447107     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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