Reconstruction of early Cambrian ocean chemistry from Mo isotopes

Wen, Hanjie; Fan, Haifeng; Zhang, Yuxu; Cloquet, Christophe; Carignan, Jean

doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.008

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Reconstruction of early Cambrian ocean chemistry from Mo isotopes

Wen, Hanjie, Fan, Haifeng, Zhang, Yuxu, Cloquet, Christophe, Carignan, Jean·2015·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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Authors: Wen, H., Fan, H., Zhang, Y., Cloquet, C., & Carignan, J.
Affiliations: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author: Wen, Hanjie
Fan, Haifeng
ORCID: Wen, Hanjie
Fan, Haifeng
Zhang, Yuxu
Cloquet, Christophe
Venue: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2015-09
Volume: 164
Pages: 1-16
ISSN: 0016-7037 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.008
OpenAlex: W307804840
Cited by: 131
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5
FWCI: 8.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders: 973 Program (2014CB440904)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (40930425, 41173026, 41273024)
CAS-SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams (KZZD-EW-TZ-20)
State Key Laboratory of Ore-deposit Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SKLODG-ZY125-07)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Keywords: molybdenum isotopes, Neoproterozoic-Cambrian transition, redox stratification, anoxic deep water, euxinia, ferruginous conditions, ocean circulation reorganization, Cambrian explosion, South China

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