Extreme change in sulfide concentrations in the Black Sea during the Little Ice Age reconstructed using molybdenum isotopes

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 595-598

  Arnold, G L ^a   Lyons, T W ^b   Gordon, G W ^c   Anbar, A D ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC BASINS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BLACK SEA; BOSPORUS; BOTTOM WATER; CHEMOCLINE; CIRCULATION CHANGES; DISSOLVED SULFIDE; DRIVING FORCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; WATER COLUMNS;

ISOTOPES; MOLYBDENUM;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BOTTOM WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOLYBDENUM; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 84864312079     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32932.1     Document Type: Article

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