Molybdenum isotope constraints on the extent of late Paleoproterozoic ocean euxinia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 450-460

  Kendall, Brian ^a   Gordon, Gwyneth W ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^b   Anbar, Ariel D ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Euxinic; Iron formation; Molybdenum isotopes; Paleoproterozoic; Rove Formation

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; EUXINIC; IRON FORMATION; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; ROVE FORMATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BLACK SHALE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 79959703504     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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