Nd- and Pb-isotope time series from Atlantic ferromanganese crusts: Implications for changes in provenance and paleocirculation over the last 8 Myr

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-396

  Reynolds, B C ^a   Frank, M ^a   O'Nions, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encrustions; Ferromanganese composition; Glaciation; Isotope ratios; Lead; Nd 144 Nd 143; Northern Hemisphere; Paleao oceanography

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TIME SERIES;

EID: 0033573370     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00243-5     Document Type: Article

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