Rhenium variations in molybdenite (MoS2): Evidence for progressive subsurface oxidation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Golden, Joshua ^a   McMillan, Melissa ^a   Downs, Robert T ^a   Hystad, Grethe ^a   Goldstein, Ian ^a   Stein, Holly J ^b,c   Zimmerman, Aaron ^b   Sverjensky, Dimitri A ^d,e   Armstrong, John T ^e   Hazen, Robert M ^e  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Oxidation Event; Mineral evolution; Molybdenite; Rhenium; Supercontinent cycle

Indexed keywords

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; MAJOR EVENTS; MINERAL EVOLUTIONS; MOLYBDENITE; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; SUBSURFACE OXIDATION; SUPERCONTINENTS; TECTONIC HISTORY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; RHENIUM;

GALLIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENITE; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; RHENIUM; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 84874452827     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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