Strontium, neodymium, and lead isotope variations of authigenic and silicate sediment components from the Late Cenozoic Arctic Ocean: Implications for sediment provenance and the source of trace metals in seawater

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4181-4200

  Winter, Bryce L ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^a   Clark, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHIGENIC MINERALS; CAINOZOIC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM; PROVENANCE; SEAWATER; SILICATES; STRONTIUM; TRACE METALS;

ARCTIC OCEAN, ALPHA RIDGE;

EID: 0031408326     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00215-9     Document Type: Article

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