Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: Implications for its use as a paleoproxy

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 21-22, 1998, Pages 3453-3473

  McManus, James ^a,i   Berelson, William M ^b   Klinkhammer, Gary P ^a   Johnson, Kenneth S ^c   Coale, Kenneth H ^c   Anderson, Robert F ^d   Kumar, Niraj ^d   Burdige, David J ^e   Hammond, Douglas E ^b   Brumsack, Hans J ^f   McCorkle, Daniel C ^g   Rushdi, Ahmed ^a,h  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

^e OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^h SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DIAGENESIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032455434     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(98)00248-8     Document Type: Article

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