238U-234U-230Th disequilibrium in hydrogenous oceanic Fe-Mn crusts: Palaeoceanographic record or diagenetic alteration?

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3619-3632

  Chabaux, F ^a   O'Nions, R K ^b   Cohen, A S ^c   Hein, J R ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS; HYDROGENOUS CRUSTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN, (WEST); PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0031431805     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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