A new paleoenvironmental index for anoxic events-Mo isotopes in black shales from Upper Yangtze marine sediments

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1024-1033

  Zhou, Lian ^a   Su, Jie ^a   Huang, JunHua ^a   Yan, JiaXing ^a   Xie, XiNong ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Dai, MengNing ^b   Tonger, ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

black shale; molybdenum isotopes; proxy for paleo redox conditions; Upper Yangtze

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BLACK SHALES; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; EARLY DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; LATE ORDOVICIAN; LATE PERMIAN; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; PROXY FOR PALEO-REDOX CONDITIONS; REDOX GRADIENTS; REDOX INDICATOR; SICHUAN; SILICEOUS SHALES; UPPER YANGTZE; WATER CIRCULATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CERIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

BIOTURBATION; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 79959776684     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4188-z     Document Type: Article

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