A precise, high-throughput method for determining Sr/Ca, Sr/Ba, and Ca/Ba ratios in marine barite

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Averyt, Kristen B ^a   Paytan, Adina ^a   Li, Guangchao ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barite; Calcium; Carbon cycle; ICP OES; Paleoceanography; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744564791     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000467     Document Type: Article

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