Systematic changes in lead isotopic composition with soil age in glacial granitic terrains

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-46

  Harlavan, Yehudit ^a   Erel, Yigal ^a   Blum, Joel D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL MORAINE; GRANITE; LEAD ISOTOPE; SOIL;

USA;

EID: 0031716629     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00328-1     Document Type: Article

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