Actual timing of neodymium isotopic variations recorded by Fe-Mn crusts in the western North Atlantic

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Burton, Kevin W ^a,b   Lee, Der Cheun ^a   Christensen, John N ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a,c   Hein, James R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromanganese composition; Glaciation; Nd 144 Nd 143; North Atlantic Deep Water; Northern Hemisphere; Paleo oceanography

Indexed keywords

FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032750140     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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