Selenium isotopes trace the source and redox processes in the black shale-hosted Se-rich deposits in China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1411-1427

  Wen, Hanjie ^a,b   Carignan, Jean ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX POTENTIAL; SELENIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 79951515818     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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