Protactinium-231 and thorium-230 abundances and high scavenging rates in the Western Arctic Ocean

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5362, 1998, Pages 405-407

  Edmonds, Henrietta N ^a   Moran, S Bradley ^a   Hoff, John A ^b,d   Smith, John N ^c   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d MCCRONE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTACTINIUM; THORIUM;

ADVECTION; ICE COVER; PROTACTINIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; SCAVENGING; THORIUM;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEA;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032540457     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5362.405     Document Type: Article

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