Seawater strontium and Sr/Ca variability in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 623-634

  De Villiers, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Paleosalinity; Sea water; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PALEOSALINITY; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033618953     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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