The isotopic composition of authigenic chromium in anoxic marine sediments: A case study from the Cariaco Basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 407, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-18

  Reinhard, Christopher T ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^b   Wang, Xiangli ^b,c   Fischer, Woodward W ^d   Johnson, Thomas M ^c   Lyons, Timothy W ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Euxinia; Glacial interglacial; Oxygen; Paleoredox

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; AUTHIGENIC; CARIACO BASINS; EUXINIA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALEOREDOX;

OXYGEN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; CHROMIUM; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84907849752     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.024     Document Type: Article

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