Trace metals as paleoredox and paleoproductivity proxies: An update

2006/03/30 by Nicolas Tribovillard, Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons +2 · 4,069 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Anoxic waters #Authigenic #Chemistry #Environmental chemistry #Facies #Geochemistry #Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Inorganic chemistry #Metal #Mineralogy #Oceanography #Organic matter #Oxidation state #Oxidizing agent #Paleontology #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Pyrite #Redox #Sediment #Sedimentary depositional environment #Sedimentary organic matter #Sedimentary rock #Structural basin #Trace element

paper · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.012

published in Chemical Geology 232(1-2), 12-32 (Elsevier BV)

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