The Geologic History of Seawater

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 569-622

  Lowenstein, T K ^a   Kendall, B ^b   Anbar, A D ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient seawater chemistry; Geologic history of oceans; Great Oxidation Event; Iron; Molybdenum; Ocean oxygenation; Redox sensitive metals; Snowball Earth; Strontium; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; LIME; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; REDOX-SENSITIVE METALS; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SNOWBALL EARTH; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

SEAWATER;

EID: 84897570962     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00621-5     Document Type: Chapter

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