Bioactive trace metals and their isotopes as paleoproductivity proxies: An assessment using GEOTRACES‐era data

TJ Horner, SH Little, TM Conway… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoplankton productivity and export sequester climatically significant quantities of
atmospheric carbon dioxide as particulate organic carbon through a suite of processes …

Biogeochemical cycle of chromium isotopes at the modern Earth's surface and its applications as a paleo-environment proxy

W Wei, R Klaebe, HF Ling, F Huang, R Frei - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a redox-sensitive metal element with two natural oxidation states,
commonly as the soluble Cr (VI) oxyanion (CrO 4 2− or HCrO 4−) and the insoluble Cr (III) …

A Re‐evaluation of the Plenus Cold Event, and the Links Between CO2, Temperature, and Seawater Chemistry During OAE 2

LK O'Connor, HC Jenkyns, SA Robinson… - Paleoceanography …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The greenhouse world of the mid‐Cretaceous (~ 94 Ma) was punctuated by an episode of
abrupt climatic upheaval: Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. High‐resolution climate records reveal …

Biological control of chromium redox and stable isotope composition in the surface ocean

DJ Janssen, J Rickli, PD Quay, AE White… - Global …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While chromium stable isotopes (δ53Cr) have received significant attention for their utility as
a tracer of oxygen availability in the distant geological past, a mechanistic understanding of …

High-sensitivity measurement of Cr isotopes by double spike MC-ICP-MS at the 10 ng level

G Wu, JM Zhu, X Wang, TM Johnson, G Han - Analytical chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
High-sensitivity and high-precision (2 SD≤ 0.06‰) measurement of chromium (Cr) isotopes
at the 10 ng level was successfully carried out using double spike multiple-collector …

Stable chromium isotope compositions of hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts potentially linked to primary productivity

X Wang, JM Zhu, G Wu, W Liu, C Lin, W Yang, Z Xu… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stable chromium isotope composition (δ 53 Cr) is a widely used paleo-redox proxy.
However, modern seawater δ 53 Cr values do not correlate with dissolved O 2 …

Chromium stable isotope distributions in the southwest Pacific Ocean and constraints on hydrothermal input from the Kermadec Arc

DJ Janssen, D Gilliard, J Rickli, P Nasemann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Special attention has been given to chromium (Cr) as a paleoproxy tracing redox cycling
throughout Earth's history, due to differences in the solubility of its primary redox species at …

Chromium isotope composition of organic-rich marine sediments and their mineral phases and implications for using black shales as a paleoredox archive

AB Frank, RM Klaebe, S Löhr, L Xu, R Frei - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) stable isotopes in marine sediments, in particular iron formations, have been
used to track changes in Earth's surface redox conditions. In recent years several studies …

Experimental study of chromium (III) coprecipitation with calcium carbonate

Z Fang, W Liu, T Yao, G Zhou, S Wei, L Qin - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) isotope compositions of marine carbonates have widely been used to trace
the evolution of oxygen levels in the atmosphere and ocean during geological history …

Variations of redox conditions in the atmosphere and Yangtze Platform during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition: Constraints from Cr isotopes and Ce anomalies

W Wei, R Frei, GJ Gilleaudeau, D Li, GY Wei… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition was characterized by the evolution from
Ediacaran soft-body to Cambrian skeletal organisms, and fluctuations of the marine carbon …