Osmium in seawater: Vertical profiles of concentration and isotopic composition in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Woodhouse, O B ^a   Ravizza, G ^b   Kenison Falkner, K ^c   Statham, P J ^a   Peucker Ehrenbrink, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Osmium; Pacific Ocean; Sea water

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OSMIUM; SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033619609     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00233-2     Document Type: Article

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