Tracking the budget of Nb and Ta in the continental crust

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 197-213

  Barth, Matthias G ^a   McDonough, William F ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition of continental crust; Loess; Niobium; Shaley; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; LOESS; NIOBIUM; SHALE; TANTALUM;

EID: 0034709030     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00173-4     Document Type: Article

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