The neodymium isotopic composition of manganese nodules from the Southern and Indian oceans, the global oceanic neodymium budget, and their bearing on deep ocean circulation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1277-1291

  Albarède, Francis ^a,c   Goldstein, Steven L ^b,d   Dautel, Danièle ^a,e  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e Centre des Faibles Radioactivites   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FERROMANGANESE NODULES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE NODULE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0030996570     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00404-8     Document Type: Article

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