Rare earth elements in stromatolites—1. Evidence that modern terrestrial stromatolites fractionate rare earth elements during incorporation from ambient waters

Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 385-411

  Johannesson, Karen H ^a   Telfeyan, Katherine ^a   Chevis, Darren A ^a   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a   Leybourne, Matthew I ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b ALS Geochemistry   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7615-9_14     Document Type: Chapter

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