Ancient atmospheric oxygen sleuthing with ocean chromium
Credits: Photo: Kelsy Cain Next image Found in jewelry, car parts, pigments, and industrial chemical reactions, the metal chromium and its compounds are often employed for their color, finish, and anti-corrosive and catalytic properties. Currently, geoscientists and paleoceanographers from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are looking to add another use to that list: as a way to examine chemical shifts in ancient Earth’s oceans and atmos...
Tianyi Huang Pacific Ocean Ed Boyle Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program Proceedings Of The National Academy Sciences Department Of Earth
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