Dissolved and particulate 231Pa and 230Th in the Atlantic Ocean: Constraints on intermediate/deep water age, boundary scavenging, and 231Pa/230Th fractionation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 999-1014

  Moran, S B ^a   Shen, C C ^b   Edmonds, H N ^c   Weinstein, S E ^a   Smith, J N ^d   Edwards, R L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Radioactive isotopes; Thermohaline circulation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PROTACTINIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THORIUM; TRACER; VENTILATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037110584     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00928-7     Document Type: Article

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