Provenance of lithogenic surface sediments and pathways of riverine suspended matter in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Evidence from 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr ratios

Chemical Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 139-149

  Weldeab, Syee ^a   Emeis, Kay Christian ^b   Hemleben, Christoph ^a   Siebel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Lithogenic surface sediments; Nd isotope ratios; Pathways; Provenance; Sr isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036072623     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(01)00415-6     Document Type: Article

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