234Th:238U disequilibria in the Gulf of Mexico: The importance of organic matter and particle concentration

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-380

  Baskaran, M ^a   Santschi, Peter H ^a   Guo, Laodong ^a   Bianchi, Thomas S ^b   Lambert, Corey ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; THORIUM; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

IMPORTANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION; SCAVENGING; SEASONAL VARIATION; THORIUM; THORIUM-234; URANIUM; URANIUM-238;

CYCLING; MEXICO; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0029667489     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00016-T     Document Type: Article

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