Explaining discrepant depth profiles of 234U/238U and 230Th(exc) in Mn-crusts

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2211-2218

  Neff, U ^a   Bollhofer A ^a,b   Frank, N ^a   Mangini, A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE DEPOSIT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0343114411     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00135-0     Document Type: Article

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