Germanium/silica ratios in diagenetic chert nodules from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation, South China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 323-335

  Shen, Bing ^a   Lee, Cin Ty A ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chert nodule; Doushantuo; Ediacaran; Germanium; Silica

Indexed keywords

AL CONTENT; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; CHERT NODULE; DIAGENETICS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOLOSTONES; DOUSHANTUO; DOUSHANTUO FORMATION; EDIACARAN; ENDMEMBERS; HIGH AFFINITY; HIGH-CONTENT; MIXING MODELS; MODEL-BASED; ORGANIC COMPLEX; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MOLECULES; PORE WATERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILICA CORES; SOUTH CHINA; TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GERMANIUM; METAL IONS; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

ALUMINUM;

CHERT; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EDIACARAN; GERMANIUM; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILICA;

CHINA; DOUSHANTUO BASIN; GUIZHOU; THREE GORGES;

EID: 78650819444     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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