Analyses of fluid inclusions in Neoproterozoic marine halite provide oldest measurement of seawater chemistry

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-106

  Spear, Natalie ^a   Holland, H D ^a   Garcia Veígas, Javier ^b   Lowenstein, T K ^c   Giegengack, Robert ^a   Peters, Heide ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CRYOGENIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; MARINE EVAPORITES; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVAPORITE; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; MINERALOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84988723053     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34913.1     Document Type: Article

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