Vanadium Isotopes : A Proxy for Ocean Oxygen Variations Paperback / softback
by Sune G. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts) Nielsen
Part of the Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science series
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Vanadium isotope ratios (51V/50V) have potential to provide information about changes in past ocean oxygen contents.
In particular, V isotopes may find utility in tracing variations at non-zero oxygen concentrations because the redox couple that controls V elemental and isotopic abundances in seawater (vanadate-vanadyl) appears to operate around 10M O2.
This characteristic sets V isotopes apart from many other metal isotope redox proxies that require more reducing conditions to register significant changes in their isotope budgets.
The oxygen abundance sensitivity range of V isotopes suggests that this paleoproxy could be particularly useful in tracing marine oxygenation changes throughout the Phanerozoic and potentially beyond.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/01/2021
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- ISBN:9781108797948
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/01/2021
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- ISBN:9781108797948
