Extreme positive Ce-anomalies in a 3.0Ga submarine volcanic sequence, Murchison Province: Oxygenated marine bottom waters

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 232-241

  Kerrich, Robert ^a   Said, Nuru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Ce anomaly; Oxygenated ocean; Submarine volcanic sequence

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BOTTOM WATER; CE ANOMALY; CHEMICAL SEDIMENT; CO-PRECIPITATES; FE OXIDE; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMALLY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE WATERS; MURCHISON; OCEAN FLOOR; OXIC WATERS; OXYGENATED OCEAN; SEA FLOOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COPPER ZINC DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZINC;

CERIUM;

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BOTTOM WATER; CERIUM; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPREADING CENTER; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650737789     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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