228Ra/226Ra activity ratio in oceanic settling particles: Implications regarding the use of barium as a proxy for paleoproductivity reconstruction

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1857-1863

  Legeleux, Françoise ^a   Reyss, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SETTLING; RADIUM; RADIUM-228/RADIUM-226 ACTIVITY RATIO;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030292141     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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