Contrasting molybdenum cycling and isotopic properties in euxinic versus non-euxinic sediments and sedimentary rocks: Refining the paleoproxies

Chemical Geology

Volumn 324-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Scott, Clint ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Euxinic; Molybdenum; Non euxinic

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; BOTTOM WATER; BULK CONCENTRATION; COVARIATION; EARTH'S CRUST; EUXINIC; IDENTIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC PROPERTIES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MO CONCENTRATION; NON-EUXINIC; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PORE WATERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRANSITION METALS; WATER;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

BLACK SHALE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84865426678     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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