Seeking a geochemical identifier for authigenic carbonate
Distinguishing between authigenic carbonate and primary marine carbonate is fundamental to our understanding of Earth’s carbon, oxygen and calcium cycles. Here, the authors show that a combination of uranium concentration and carbon isotope composition is able to distinguish between the two carbonat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10885 |