Selenium speciation in Lower Cambrian Se-enriched strata in South China and its geological implications

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 7725-7740

  Fan, Haifeng ^a   Wen, Hanjie ^a   Hu, Ruizhong ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENTONITE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; CHERT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SELENIUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 80755159402     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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