Neodymium and strontium isotopic constraints on soil sources in Barbados, West Indies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4193-4206

  Borg, Lars E ^a,b   Banner, Jay L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM; PALEOSOL; REEF LIMESTONE; REGOLITH; SAHARAN DUST; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ASH;

BARBADOS;

EID: 0030417126     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00252-9     Document Type: Article

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