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Thursday 28 June 2012

Mercury Mineral Evolution Tied to Supercontinent Assembly

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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