Rare-earth elements and Nd and Pb isotopes as source indicators for Labrador Sea clay-size sediments during Heinrich event 2

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 881-889

  Benson, Larry ^a   Barber, Don ^b,d   Andrews, John T ^b   Taylor, Howard ^a   Lamothe, Paul ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NIOBIUM; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

SOURCE INDICATORS;

SEDIMENTS;

BEDROCK; HEINRICH EVENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0038069002     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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