Early Cambrian highly metalliferous black shale in South China: Cu and Zn isotopes and a short review of other non-traditional stable isotopes

• Published in: Mineralium deposita Vol. 57; no. 7; pp. 1167 - 1187
• Main Authors: Lehmann, Bernd, Pašava, Jan, Šebek, Ondřej, Andronikov, Alexandre, Frei, Robert, Xu, Lingang, Mao, Jingwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological activity; Bottom sediments; Brines; Cadmium; Cadmium isotopes; Cambrian; Chromium; Copper; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Enrichment; Euphotic zone; Fractionation; Geology; Gold; Heavy metals; Hydrothermal activity; Isotope composition; Isotope fractionation; Isotopes; Isotopic enrichment; Leaching; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Microbial activity; Microorganisms; Mineral Resources; Mineralogy; Molybdenum; Nickel; Nickel isotopes; Oxidation; Oxidoreductions; Passive margins; Platforms (geology); Redox properties; Sapropels; Sedimentary rocks; Selenium; Shale; Shales; Silver; Stable isotopes; Sulfate reduction; Sulfides; Sulphate reduction; Sulphides; Vanadium; Water circulation; Water column; Zinc; Geochemistry; Copper isotopes; Black shale; Zinc isotopes; China

Early Cambrian black shales on the Yangtze Platform host a regionally distributed highly metalliferous sulfide-rich carbonaceous unit which has been the subject of extensive debate. This marker unit, with a few centimeters or tens of centimeters in thickness, displays extreme enrichment in Mo and Ni...