Rhenium-osmium isotope and platinum group element systematics of marine vs. non-marine organic-rich sediments and coals from Egypt

Chemical Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 70-81

  Baioumy, Hassan M ^a,b   Eglinton, Lorraine B ^c   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c Egsploration   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Coal; Egypt; Klee Graedel index; Osmium isotopes; Platinum group elements (PGE); Rhenium

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; EGYPT; KLEE-GRAEDEL INDEX; OSMIUM ISOTOPES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE);

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PETROGRAPHY; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BLACK SHALE; COAL; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

EGYPT;

EID: 79957478078     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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