Osmium isotope geochemistry in the Mackenzie River basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-129

  Huh, Youngsook ^a,b   Birck, Jean Louis ^b   Allègre, Claude J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Black shales; Canadian Shield; Continental weathering; Rhenium; Rockies; Strontium

Indexed keywords

OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

CANADA; MACKENZIE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 2342587551     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.026     Document Type: Article

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