Fluxes of 230Th and 231Pa to the deep sea: Implications for the interpretation of excess 230Th and 231Pa/230Th profiles in sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 219-230

  Yu, E F ^a   Francois, R ^b   Bacon, M P ^b   Fleer, A P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Pa 231; Sediment traps; Th 230

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE FLUX; PROTACTINIUM; SEDIMENT TRAP; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THORIUM;

EID: 0034770681     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00410-1     Document Type: Article

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