Trace element content of sedimentary pyrite as a new proxy for deep-time ocean-atmosphere evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 389, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-220

  Large, Ross R ^a   Halpin, Jacqueline A ^a   Danyushevsky, Leonid V ^a   Maslennikov, Valeriy V ^b   Bull, Stuart W ^a   Long, John A ^c,d   Gregory, Daniel D ^a   Lounejeva, Elena ^a   Lyons, Timothy W ^e   Sack, Patrick J ^f   McGoldrick, Peter J ^a   Calver, Clive R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^g Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ocean chemistry; Oxygenation proxy; Palaeo oceanography; Sedimentary pyrite; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; PALAEO-OCEANOGRAPHY; REDOX-SENSITIVE TRACE ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE ELEMENT PATTERNS;

NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGENATION; PYRITES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

URANIUM;

ARCHEAN; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BLACK SHALE; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84892520842     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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