Heavy metal, sex and granites: Crustal differentiation and bioavailability in the mid-proterozoic

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 751-754

  Parnell, John ^a   Hole, Malcolm ^a   Boyce, Adrian J ^b   Spinks, Samuel ^a   Bowden, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOROGENIC MAGMATISM; DEEP OCEAN; EVAPORITES; GENOMIC STUDIES; NEAR-SURFACE; SUPERCONTINENTS; TRACE METAL; UPPER CRUST;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GALLIUM;

HEAVY METALS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; EVAPORITE; GENOMICS; GRANITE; HEAVY METAL; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SULFATE; TRACE METAL; UPPER CRUST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84866161860     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33116.1     Document Type: Article

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