A discussion on Mo isotopic compositions of black shale and Ni-Mo sulfide bed in the early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in south China
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    A Ni-Mo sulfide bed occurs in the lower portion of the lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation in south China. Lehmann et al.(2007) reported data of Mo-isotopic compositions of the Ni-mo sulfide ores and host black shales, and suggested aseawater origin for the Mo. The Ni-Mo sulfide ores show very limitedMo-isotopic variation with δ98/95MoMOMOvalues of -1.24‰±0.10‰, whereas the host black hales show larger Mo-isotopic variations with δ98/95MoMOMO values from ~1.82‰ to-0.40‰. Those with low-Mo content black shales show a linear relationship between Mo contents and Mo-isotopic compositions. We suggest that this correlation may reflect a two end-member mixing of seawater Mo and clastic sedimentMo. The sources of Mo in the Ni_Mo sulfide ores were probably from submarine hydrothermal fluids. Further work is needed both on the Ni-Mo ore bed bearing and the barren black shales of the Niutitang Formation in south China, in order to better estimate the Mo-isotopic compositions of the early Cambrian seawater, and to better constrain the ore genesis.

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蒋少涌,凌洪飞,赵葵东,朱茂炎,杨竞红,陈永权,2008,华南寒武纪早期牛蹄塘组黑色岩系中Ni-Mo多金属硫化物矿层的Mo同位素组成讨论[J].岩石矿物学杂志,27(4):341~345.,2008,A discussion on Mo isotopic compositions of black shale and Ni-Mo sulfide bed in the early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in south China[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,27(4):341~345.

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