Table 1 Maximum trace metal concentrations and enrichments Mesoproterozoic shales and modern sediments from anoxic environments

From: Highly fractionated chromium isotopes in Mesoproterozoic-aged shales and atmospheric oxygen

Formation

age

Mo

Mo/Al

Mo/Ti

V

V/Al

V/Ti

U

U/Al

U/Ti

Cr

Cr/Al

Cr/Ti

ref

Zhengjiaya

1100

76

25

490

990

330

6400

13

4.3

83

76

34

650

this study

Wenshuihe

1200

36

33

23

270

40

190

6.7

1

4.4

260

38

170

this study

Taizi

1330

107

51

530

1340

520

6700

13

11

103

310

72

880

this study

Dayanping

1400

1.8

0.34

3.6

200

41

370

2.4

0.47

4.5

107

21

270

this study

Velkerri

1400

120

37

420

560

160

2000

12

4.2

48

48

14

160

65, 30

Xiamaling

1390

48

8.2

150

820

130

2300

14

2.3

39

65

11

170

30, 50

Black Sea (unit 1)

0

121

32

680

180

56

1160

16

5.4

110

63

13

280

66

Peru (OMZ)

0

96

24

95

410

130

2500

34

9.7

202

150

50

1100

67

Cariaco Basin

0

84

14

420

210

35

1000

   

135

18

350

49, 68

Saanich Inlet

0

69

13

200

150

31

510

   

90

18

270

69

Crustal average

0

1.1

0.13

2.9

97

12

260

2.7

0.33

7.1

92

11

240

70

  1. *Metal concentrations presented in ppm. †Metal ratios presented in ppm/wt%