A clue regarding the origin of rock varnish

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-106

  Fleisher, Martin ^a   Liu, Tanzhuo ^a   Broecker, Wallace S ^a   Moore, Willard ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; ROCK VARNISH;

CESIUM; LEAD; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; ATMOSPHERIC TESTING; HALF LIVES; ROCK VARNISHES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

VARNISH;

PATINA;

EID: 0032959334     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900229     Document Type: Article

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