A review on the potentiality of rare earth elements to trace pedogenetic processes

C Laveuf, S Cornu - Geoderma, 2009 - Elsevier
This review aims at considering the use of REEs to trace pedogenetic processes, in order to
quantify the respective contribution of the successive processes on pedogenesis. We first …

Diagenetic uptake of rare earth elements by bioapatite, with an example from Lower Triassic conodonts of South China

J Chen, TJ Algeo, L Zhao, ZQ Chen, L Cao, L Zhang… - Earth-science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The distribution patterns of rare earth elements (REEs) are frequently used as proxies for
ancient seawater chemistry or paleomarine environmental conditions. However, recent work …

Diagenetic constraints on the use of cerium anomalies as palaeoseawater redox proxies: an isotopic and REE study of Cambrian phosphorites

G Shields, P Stille - Chemical Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Seawater rare-earth element (REE) distributions show heavy REE enrichment and cerium
depletion but these characteristics are only rarely found in ancient, marine authigenic …

Did cooling oceans trigger Ordovician biodiversification? Evidence from conodont thermometry

JA Trotter, IS Williams, CR Barnes, C Lécuyer… - Science, 2008 - science.org
The Ordovician Period, long considered a supergreenhouse state, saw one of the greatest
radiations of life in Earth's history. Previous temperature estimates of up to∼ 70° C have …

Crystal-chemical controls on rare-earth element concentrations in fossil biogenic apatites and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

B Reynard, C Lécuyer, P Grandjean - Chemical Geology, 1999 - Elsevier
Fossil biogenic apatites display rare-earth element (REE) patterns which have been
proposed to reflect environmental and biological controls on past seawater composition …

Oxygen isotope fractionation between human phosphate and water revisited

V Daux, C Lécuyer, MA Héran, R Amiot, L Simon… - Journal of human …, 2008 - Elsevier
The oxygen isotope composition of human phosphatic tissues (δ18OP) has great potential
for reconstructing climate and population migration, but this technique has not been applied …

Mars' growth stunted by an early giant planet instability

MS Clement, NA Kaib, SN Raymond, KJ Walsh - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Many dynamical aspects of the solar system can be explained by the outer planets
experiencing a period of orbital instability sometimes called the Nice Model. Though often …

[PDF][PDF] Has the REE composition of seawater changed over geological time?

GA Shields, GE Webb - 2004 - repository.geologyscience.ru
The shale-normalised REE pattern of modern seawater is characterised by two main
features: negative Ce anomalies and relative enrichment of the heavy REE (Fig. 1c). Positive …

Thermal evolution of Cretaceous Tethyan marine waters inferred from oxygen isotope composition of fish tooth enamels

E Pucéat, C Lécuyer, SMF Sheppard… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of subtropical (30–35° N) upper ocean temperatures through the Cretaceous
is inferred from the oxygen isotope compositions of 64 fish teeth (enamel) coming from the …

Experimentally-controlled carbon and oxygen isotope exchange between bioapatites and water under inorganic and microbially-mediated conditions

A Zazzo, C Lécuyer, A Mariotti - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
Modern bone and enamel powders have reacted at 301 K with 13C-and 18O-labelled
waters under inorganic and microbial conditions. The aim of the study is to investigate the …