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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Main Authors: Ming-Yu Zhao, Yong-Fei Zheng, Yan-Yan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10885