The estuarine chemistry of rare earth elements: Comparison of the Amazon, Fly, Sepik and the Gulf of Papua systems

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-309

  Sholkovitz, Edward ^a   Szymczak, Ronald ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Neodymium; Rare earths; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIVER WATER;

EID: 0033910089     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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