The major-ion composition of Carboniferous seawater

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 317-334

  Holt, Nora M ^a   García Veigas, Javier ^b   Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Giles, Peter S ^c   Williams Stroud, Sherilyn ^d  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; IONIC COMPOSITION; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SHUBENACADIE RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84899474513     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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