| Abstract: | The mineralogy of evaporite and other precipitated minerals has provided traditional sources of information about the major dissolved ion composition of ancient lakes. The paleocompositional resolving power of these methods is generally greatest in high-salinity lakes. Ostracodes live in dilute saline lakes where a species occurrence is determined by the relative proportions of the lake‘s major dissolved anions, so that each species describes specific areas on an anion trilinear diagram. The upper salinity tolerance of each species depends upon the types of major anions in solution and is therefore anion-specific. Knowledge about both anion and anion-salinity tolerances of an ostracode may ultimately provide a means of estimating absolute anion concentrations in paleolakes. Because ostracodes are common fossils in lake sediments, they provide an important new source of original paleocompositional information suitable for many geologic, climatic, geochemical, and paleontologic studies. -from Author |
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| Citation Author: | Forester, R. M. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Determination of the dissolved anion composition of ancient lakes from fossil ostracodes.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Forester, R. M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 796 |
| Citation Volume: | 14 |
| Citation Year: | 1986 |
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| Text: | Determination of the dissolved anion composition of ancient lakes from fossil ostracodes.; 1986; Article; Journal; Geology; Forester, R. M. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 1986 00:00 -0600 |
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