Global distribution of the 230Th flux to ocean sediments constrained by GCM modelling

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1861-1893

  Henderson, Gideon M ^a   Heinze, Christoph ^b   Anderson, Robert F ^a   Winguth, Arne M E ^c  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

230Th; Ocean modelling; Paleoceanography; Particles; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE FLUX; RADIONUCLIDE; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0032849520     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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