Iridium in natural waters

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5281, 1996, Pages 1524-1528

  Anbar, A D ^a,c   Wasserburg, G J ^a   Papanastassiou, D A ^a   Andersson, P S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; TRACER;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; WATER ANALYSIS;

ESTUARY; IRIDIUM; NATURAL WATER; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER WATER; SEAWATER;

EID: 0029660458     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5281.1524     Document Type: Article

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