Trace Elemental Distributions Within Organophosphatic Brachiopod Shells: Implications for Growth, Preservation and Paleoenvironment

• Main Author: Betzner, Tristan Joshua
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; diagenesis; lingulid; trace element; Paleontology; Canada; Devon Island
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geol_gradetds/84; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1088&context=geol_gradetds

The initial incorporation of elements into the accretionary hardparts of marine invertebrates is controlled by prevailing seawater chemistry and vital effects. While trace-element signatures of invertebrates accreting carbonate hardparts have been examined extensively, the shells of phosphatic organ...