Temporal variations of dissolved and particulate 234Th at a coastal station of the northern Adriatic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 813-824

  Radakovitch, O ^a   Frignani, M ^b   Giuliani, S ^b   Montanari, R ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ARPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mucilage; Northern Adriatic Sea; Residence time; Scavenging; Short time scale variability; Thorium

Indexed keywords

MUCILAGE; RESIDENCE TIME; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EMILIA;

EID: 0346186170     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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