Rare earth elements (REEs) in shallow and deep water articulated brachiopods: sensitive tracers of paleo-oceanography

• Main Author: Bakhit, Amir Halim Zaky
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2016
• Subjects: Irminger Sea; Jupiter; New Zealand; Pacific; Denmark Strait; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/12194/; https://research.library.mun.ca/12194/1/thesis.pdf

Through time, oceans have experienced physicochemical variations in a response to the evolution of the earth and its atmosphere. Geochemical proxies are employed to define these variations, evaluate their magnitudes and identify the responsible factors. Because of the unique behavior of the rare ear...