Precise determination of variations in the 138Ce/ 142Ce ratios of marine ferromanganese nodules

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 183-195

  Amakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nozaki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Masuda, Akimasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese nodule; Oceanic mixing; Residence time; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

CERIUM ISOTOPES; CERIUM-138/CERIUM-142; FERROMANGANESE NODULE; FERROMANGANESE NODULES; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; OCEAN MIXING; OCEANIC MIXING; RESIDENCE TIME; SCAVENGING;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 0030427812     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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