Uranium and molybdenum isotope systematics in modern euxinic basins: Case studies from the central Baltic Sea and the Kyllaren fjord (Norway)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 396, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-195

  Noordmann, J ^a,b   Weyer, S ^a   Montoya Pino, C ^b   Dellwig, O ^c   Neubert, N ^a   Eckert, S ^d   Paetzel, M ^e   Bottcher M E ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e Sogn og Fjordne University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltic sea; Kyllaren fjord; Molybdenum isotopes; Uranium isotope fractionation in anoxic basins; Uranium isotope geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLYBDENUM; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

ANOXIC BASINS; BALTIC SEA; KYLLAREN FJORD; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; OCEAN BASIN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORWAY;

EID: 84921368643     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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