Pb and Nd isotopes in NE Atlantic Fe-Mn crusts: Proxies for trace metal paleosources and paleocean circulation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1489-1505

  Abouchami, W ^a   Galer, S J G ^a   Koschinsky, A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEAWATER; TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032742496     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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