Has the REE composition of seawater changed over geological time?

2004/01/02 by Graham A. Shields, Graham Shields, Gregory E. Webb · 297 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Anoxic waters #Calcite #Carbonate #Carbonate minerals #Chemistry #Clathrate hydrate #Cold seep #Deep sea #Geochemistry #Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Hydrate #Methane #Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena #Mineralogy #Oceanography #Petroleum seep #Rare earth #Rare-earth element #Seawater #Trace element

paper · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.09.010

published in Chemical Geology 204(1-2), 103-107 (Elsevier BV)

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