U/Mo ratios and δ95/95Mo as local and global redox proxies during mass extinction events

Chemical Geology

Volumn 324-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-107

  Zhou, Lian ^a   Wignall, Paul B ^b   Su, Jie ^a   Feng, Qinglai ^a   Xie, Shucheng ^a   Zhao, Laishi ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ordovician; Permian; Redox index; Silurian; South China; U Mo ratio

Indexed keywords

OXYGENATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ORDOVICIAN; PERMIAN; REDOX INDEX; SILURIAN; SOUTH CHINA;

GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS EXTINCTION; MOLYBDENUM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILURIAN; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA;

EID: 84865416067     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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