Causes and implications of the middle rare earth element depletion in the eolian component of North Pacific sediment

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1735-1744

  Weber II, Egon T ^a   Owen, Robert M ^a   Dickens, Gerald R ^a   Rea, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342996820     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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