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Table 4 Redox environment indexes for mudstone

From: Genesis of host rock in the Tamusu Mudstone pre-selected area in Northwest China for high-level radioactive waste geological disposal purposes

Indexes

Data range/avg

Redox

References

  

Anaerobic

Poor oxygen

Oxidizing

 

V/Ni

3.8–17.29/6.52

 > 1

< 1

Jones and Manning (1994)

V/ (Ni + V)

0.78–0.95/0.85

 > 0.6

0.46–0.6

< 0.46

Jones and Manning (1994)

U/Th

0.27– 7.98/2.18

 > 1.25

0.75–1.25

< 0.75

Jones and Manning (1994)

Ceanom

− 0.2022–0.0409/− 0.03431.0062

> − 0.1

< − 0.1

Elderfield and Greaves (1982)