Hydrothermal origin of elevated iron, manganese and redox-sensitive trace elements in the c. 635 Ma Doushantuo cap carbonate

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 805-816

  Huang, Jing ^a,b   Chu, Xuelei ^a,b   Jiang, Ganqing ^c   Feng, Lianjun ^a   Chang, Huajin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; CAP CARBONATES; EDIACARAN; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMALLY; IRON ACCUMULATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; NEGATIVE CE ANOMALY; REDOX-SENSITIVE TRACE ELEMENTS; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; SOUTH CHINA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATION; CERIUM; EUROPIUM; MANGANESE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDIACARAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON; MANGANESE; PYRITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA; DOUSHANTUO BASIN; GUIZHOU;

EID: 79955715801     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-132     Document Type: Article

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