Marine redox conditions in the middle Proterozoic ocean and isotopic constraints on authigenic carbonate formation: Insights from the Chuanlinggou Formation, Yanshan Basin, North China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-105

  Li, Chao ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^b   Love, Gordon D ^c   Reinhard, Christopher T ^d   Hardisty, Dalton ^c   Feng, Lianjun ^e   Bates, Steven M ^c   Huang, Jing ^f   Zhang, Qirui ^e   Chu, Xuelei ^e   Lyons, Timothy W ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS;

CHINA; HEBEI; YAN SHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84922758842     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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