Selenium isotopes trace anoxic and ferruginous seawater conditions in the Early Cambrian

Chemical Geology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-172

  Wen, Hanjie ^a   Carignan, Jean ^b   Chu, Xuelei ^c   Fan, Haifeng ^a   Cloquet, Christophe ^d   Huang, Jing ^e   Zhang, Yuxu ^a   Chang, Huajin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxic and ferruginous sediments; Cambrian; Isotopic fractionation; Se isotope; Southern China

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SELENIUM;

CAMBRIANS; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; SOUTHERN CHINA;

ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SELENIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 84910625721     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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