The mass balance of dissolved thallium in the oceans

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 125-139

  Rehkämper, Mark ^a   Nielsen, Sune G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical oceanography; Fluxes; Residence time; Steady state mass balance; Thallium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; MASS BALANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; THALLIUM;

EID: 1142277933     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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