Mercury Mineral Evolution Tied to Supercontinent Assembly
Mercury Mineral Evolution Tied to Supercontinent Assembly
Over Last 3 Billion Years, Science Daily (June 25, 2012)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625162354.htm
Mercury mineral evolution, June 25, 2012
http://carnegiescience.edu/news/mercury_mineral_evolution
Mineral Evolution
https://hazen.gl.ciw.edu/research/mineral_evolution
https://hazen.gl.ciw.edu/node/309
The paper is:
Hazen, R. M., J. Golden, R. T. Downs, G. Hystad, E. S. Grew,
D. Azzolini, and D. A. Sverjensky, 2012, Mercury (Hg)
mineral evolution: A mineralogical record of
supercontinent assembly, changing ocean geochemistry,
and the emerging terrestrial biosphere. American
Mineralogist. vol. 97, no. 7, pp. 1013-1042.
http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/content/97/7/1013.abstract
A related article is:
Mineral Kingdom Has Co-Evolved With Life, Scientists Find
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2008)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081113181035.htm
Hazen, R. M., D. Papineau, W. Bleeker, R. T. Downs, J. M. Ferry,
T. J. McCoy, D. Sverjensky and H. Yang, 2008, Mineral evolution.
American Mineralogist. vol. 93, pp. 1693-1720.
http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/content/93/11-12/1693.abstract
https://hazen.gl.ciw.edu/sites/hazen.gl.ciw.edu/files/images/242-Hazen-AmMin-2008.pdf
Hazen, R. M. and J. M. Ferry, 2010, Mineral evolution:
Mineralogy in the fourth dimension. Elements. vol. 6, pp. 9-12.
https://hazen.gl.ciw.edu/sites/hazen.gl.ciw.edu/files/images/9-12_ELEMv6n1.pdf
Best wishes,
Paul H.
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