Uranium and molybdenum isotope evidence for an episode of widespread ocean oxygenation during the late ediacaran period

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-193

  Kendall, Brian ^a,b   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^b,c,d   Lyons, Timothy W ^e   Bates, Steve M ^e   Gordon, Gwyneth W ^b   Romaniello, Stephen J ^b   Jiang, Ganqing ^f   Creaser, Robert A ^g   Xiao, Shuhai ^h   McFadden, Kathleen ⁱ   Sawaki, Yusuke ^j   Tahata, Miyuki ^d   Shu, Degan ^k   Han, Jian ^k   Li, Yong ^l   Chu, Xuelei ^m   Anbar, Ariel D ^b,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^j JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^k NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁿ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGENATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA;

EID: 84924417221     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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