Trace and rare earth elemental investigation of a Sturtian cap carbonate, Pocatello, Idaho: Evidence for ocean redox conditions before and during carbonate deposition

Precambrian Research

Volumn 192-195, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-106

  Meyer, Edward E ^a   Quicksall, Andrew N ^b   Landis, Joshua D ^a   Link, Paul K ^c   Bostick, Benjamin C ^d  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic; Pocatello Formation; Rare earth elements; Sturtian glaciation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DIAMICTITE; DOLOMITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LAURENTIA; MINERALIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055137177     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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