Mg and Ca isotope signatures of authigenic dolomite in siliceous deep-sea sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 419, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-42

  Blättler, Clara L ^a   Miller, Nathaniel R ^b   Higgins, John A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Calcium isotopes; Dolomite; Magnesium isotopes; Monterey formation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBONATES; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; DOLOMITE; MAGNESIUM ISOTOPES; MONTEREY FORMATION;

ISOTOPES;

AUTHIGENESIS; CALCIUM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGNESIUM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924943000     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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