New TIMS constraints on the uranium-238 and uranium-234 in seawaters from the main ocean basins and the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-93

  Delanghe, Doriane ^a   Bard, Edouard ^a   Hamelin, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Seawater; TIMS; Uranium isotopes; Young corals

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036928465     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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