Reduced scavenging of 230Th in the Weddell Sea: Implications for paleoceanographic reconstructions in the South Atlantic

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1369-1387

  Walter, H J ^a   Rutgers Van Der Loeff, M M ^a   Holtzen H ^a   Bathmann, U ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Export; Protactinium 231; Scavenging; Th normalization; Thorium 230; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE; SCAVENGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0342265130     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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