Iridium concentration as an estimator of instantaneous sediment accumulation rates

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-612

  Bruns, Peter ^a   Dullo, Wolf Christian ^b   Hay, William W ^a   Wold, Christopher Ned ^c   Pernicka, Ernst ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; DEEP SEA DEPOSIT; IRIDIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 0029839274     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D42683BF-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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