Osmium isotope variations in the oceans recorded by Fe-Mn crusts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 185-197

  Burton, Kevin W ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Birck, Jean Louis ^a   Allègre, Claude J ^a   Hein, James R ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese composition; Isotope ratios; Osmium; Sea water

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER;

EID: 0032722511     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00139-9     Document Type: Article

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