Chromium isotope fractionation during subduction-related metamorphism, black shale weathering, and hydrothermal alteration

Chemical Geology

Volumn 423, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-33

  Wang, Xiangli ^a   Planavsky, Noah J ^a   Reinhard, Christopher T ^b   Zou, Huijuan ^a   Ague, Jay J ^a   Wu, Yuanbao ^c   Gill, Benjamin C ^d   Schwarzenbach, Esther M ^d   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale weathering; Chromium isotopes; Hydrothermal alteration; Metamorphism; Redox proxies; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY ALTERATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OIL SHALE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; ROCKS; SHALE; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES;

BLACK SHALES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; METAMORPHISM; REDOX PROXIES; SUBDUCTION;

WEATHERING;

BLACK SHALE; CHROMIUM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METAMORPHISM; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION; WEATHERING;

EID: 84954209830     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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