Earth History of Oxygen and the Iproxy

We review using iodine incorporated in calcium carbonate (including biogenic) minerals as a proxy for dissolved oxygen in seawater.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Proxy systematics; 3. Methods; 4. Sample materials and post-depositional alterations; 5. Long-term I/Ca trends through Earth history; 6. Short-term ocean deoxygenation events; 7. Quaternary glacial-interglacial cycles; 8. Future prospects.

Product details

• Authors: Wanyi Lu, Zunli Lu, Zunli (Syracuse University Lu, Rosalind E M Rickaby, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby, Ellen Thomas, Thomas Ellen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108723381
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72338-1
• Series: Elements in Geochemical Tracer; Elements in Geochemical Tracers in Earth System Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Earth Sciences, upper ocean; I/Ca; deoxygenation; carbonate; hypoxic