Digestion methods for trace element measurements in shales: Paleoredox proxies examined

Chemical Geology

Volumn 324-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-147

  Xu, Guangping ^a,b   Hannah, Judith L ^a,b   Bingen, Bernard ^b   Georgiev, Svetoslav ^a,b   Stein, Holly J ^a,b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aqua regia; Black shale; Digestion; Organic matter; Paleoredox; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; AQUA REGIA; AQUA-REGIA DIGESTION; BLACK SHALES; DIGESTION METHOD; DISSOLVE ORGANIC MATTERS; ELEMENT RATIOS; GREENLAND; LATE PERMIAN; MARINE SHALES; PALEOREDOX; REDOX CONDITION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SVALBARD; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; TRIASSIC;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RHENIUM; ROCKS; SCANDIUM; SHALE; SILICATES; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SEAWATER;

BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84865436538     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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