Imbalance in the oceanic strontium budget

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 173-187

  Davis, Amy C ^a   Bickle, Mike J ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Ocean budget; Ocean crust; ODP; Ophiolite; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0038209840     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00191-2     Document Type: Article

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