Lead isotopes in North Pacific deep water - Implications for past changes in input sources and circulation patterns

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 149-164

  van de Flierdt, Tina ^a   Frank, Martin ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a   Hein, James R ^b   Hattendorf, Bodo ^c   Günther, Detlef ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eolian input; Ferromanganese crusts; North Pacific; Ocean circulation; Pb isotopes; Riverine input

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; LEAD ISOTOPE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037446509     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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