Tracing euxinia by molybdenum concentrations in sediments using handheld X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (HHXRF)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 360-361, Issue , 2013, Pages 241-251

  Dahl, Tais W ^a,b   Ruhl, Micha ^b,c   Hammarlund, Emma U ^a   Canfield, Donald E ^a   Rosing, Minik T ^b   Bjerrum, Christian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anoxic environments; Black shales; Handheld; Molybdenum; Paleo redox; XRF

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; BLACK SHALES; HANDHELDS; PALEO-REDOX; XRF;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLYBDENUM; POWDERS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MOLYBDENUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84887581433     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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